“If someone's making a record in 1994 and sampling something from 1974, there’s recontextualization, [by turning] a record that was made before hip-hop existed into a hip-hop sound,” said A-Trak, who ...

The artist formerly known as Kanye West is back in court—this time over an alleged unauthorized sample used in a track from his Vultures 2 era. According to a new report from TMZ, singer-songwriter ...

When artists sample music, are they stealing or merely being creative and using the work in a new way? Before diving into my research on the art of sampling music, I’ll admit I was the person on the ...

Ozzy Osbourne slammed Kanye West for using a snippet of an old performance from his early solo days in a new song. The metal singer, 75, took to social media to let his fans know that he denied Yeezy, ...

New York City's most notable drill producers have defined themselves by the songs they sample, so much so that critics and fans alike have phrased the trend as "sample drill." Abe Beame Abe Beame ...

Grammy award winning singer Burna Boy has claimed ignorance on the reuse of a portion of American singer Jeremih’s song in one of the songs on his seventh album. Burna Boy disclosed that he was ...