Kanye West Can’t Strike Holocaust, Antisemitism in Song Lawsuit: Judge – Billboard

A new court order says these details might be relevant to German artist Alice Merton’s legal case over an allegedly uncleared sample. Ye performs onstage during Ye Live In New Orleans at Caesars Superdome on August 28, 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Erika Goldring/Getty Images Trending on Billboard A German artist suing Ye (formerly Kanye West) for copyright infringement will be allowed to cite the rapper’s history of antisemitism and her own family’s ties to the Holocaust as the case moves forward. A Thursday (Oct. 8) court order, obtained and first reported by Billboard, denied Ye’s motion to strike these references from the lawsuit filed in 2025 by German singer-songwriter Alice Merton. The case, currently set to go to trial early next year, claims Ye’s 2024 track “Gun to My Head” sampled Merton’s earlier song “Blindside” without permission. Related Merton alleges Ye included this sample on a digital deluxe version of Vultures 2 even though she had expressly denied his clearance request months earlier. Merton says she refused to grant the license for a key reason: as a direct descendant of Holocaust survivors, she did not want to be associated with Ye’s past antisemitic remarks.    Ye’s lawyers sought to
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