# Ye & Ty Dolla $ign Stole ‘Vultures 1’ Sample From Longtime Friend, Lawsuit Claims

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ye-ty-dolla-ign-stole-vultures-1-sample-from-longtime-friend-lawsuit-claims/
- Published: 2026-11-09T19:47:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T20:33:32+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/pro/kanye-west-ty-dolla-sign-lawsuit-stole-vultures-sample/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment

## Key points

- Producers allege “Vultures” used their sample without permission or payment.
- The lawsuit says Ty Dolla $ign obtained the track from longtime friend Marlon Barrow.
- The plaintiffs say a 2024 buy-out offer was insufficient.

## Summary

Producers Jaraed Deal and Marlon Barrow have sued Ye and Ty Dolla $ign, alleging they used a sample from a track the producers made in 2018 without permission, payment or proper credit. The case centres on “Vultures”, the lead single from the duo’s album *Vultures 1*, and matters because the plaintiffs say artists should control how their work is used.

The lawsuit alleges Barrow, a longtime friend and collaborator of Ty, sent him the track after Ty heard it in the background of a phone call and asked for a copy. Barrow says he expected a written licence if the track was used, but no agreement was completed; although he is credited as a producer on “Vultures”, both plaintiffs say they did not consent to the sample or receive payment. They rejected a buy-out offer made in 2024 as insufficient, and the sample remains in the song, according to the filing.

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