# Ye Settles Lawsuit Over ‘Gun to My Head’ Sample From Descendant of Holocaust Survivors

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ye-settles-lawsuit-over-gun-to-my-head-sample-from-descendant-of-holocaust-survivors/
- Published: 2026-11-13T22:04:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T22:19:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/pro/kanye-west-settles-sample-lawsuit-holocaust-survivors/
- Topics: Entertainment, Europe, Music, World

## Key points

- Ye and Alice Merton settled her unauthorised sample lawsuit.
- The settlement terms have not been disclosed.
- The track was sold for two days and never streamed.

## Summary

Ye has settled Alice Merton’s lawsuit, which alleged that his 2024 track “Gun to My Head” used part of her song “Blindside” without permission. Merton said she had refused to clear the sample because she did not want to be associated with Ye’s past antisemitic remarks; the case had been due to go to trial in March.

A court filing dated 6 November said the settlement depends on both parties completing certain obligations, but gave no terms. Ye’s lawyers had disputed whether Merton had sufficient evidence for her copyright claim and noted that the track was available for purchase for only two days in 2024, never on streaming. A judge had rejected Ye’s request to remove references to the Holocaust and antisemitism from the case. Ye has faced more than a dozen claims over alleged unlicensed samples and was found liable in a separate copyright trial earlier this year.

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