Kanye West uses one of his songs without permission, rocker Ozzy Osbourne is furious

Kanye West asked for permission to use a sample of the Black Sabbath classic on his new album.

Singer Ozzy Osbourne refused to condemn the anti-Semitic excesses of Kim Kardashian’s ex-husband.

His surprise – and his anger – was heard during a huge concert last Thursday in Chicago.

We do not joke with the “Prince of Darkness”. Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary frontman of the British band Black Sabbath, fell off his chair when he learned that Kanye West had sampled the 1970 song “Iron Man” on “Carnival,” a song. culturesHis duet album with Ty Dolla Signe, under the moniker ¥$, is available Friday on AppleMusic.

In a message posted on X on Friday evening, the 75-year-old singer revealed that the rapper had asked him for permission to use a passage from the heavy metal classic. and especially the live version of the concert in 1983.”It was refused because it is anti-Semitic and hurts the hearts of many people“, he writes in reference to the slip-ups that led to Kim Kardashian’s ex-husband being blacklisted by the fashion industry.

So he was surprised to hear Tony Iommi’s legendary guitar riff during Kanye West’s concert at the Chicago Stadium last Thursday to unveil the album to his audience. “I do not want to be associated with this person in any way!“, curses Ozzy Osbourne. You can hear the sample in question at 00:15 of the video below…

Following this message, the singer’s wife and manager Sharon Osbourne announced that New York Post Consider legal action against Kanye West. Asked about the fact that the rapper had already sampled the same song in 2010, she pointed out at the time, “He had not yet declared his anti-Semitism“. This topic is especially close to her heart because she herself was raised in the Jewish faith.

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cultures Kanye West’s debut record, released in 2022. Partially recorded in Saudi Arabia, it was scheduled for release last December. But its author had already faced rights issues because he sampled the song “Everybody” by the Backstreet Boys without authorization. But also used an old song he recorded with Nicki Minaj without talking to her first. Neither appears on the final tracklisting.