This is a piece that will probably never see the light of day. At the beginning of 2025, in a video posted on social networks, we could see Kanye West in the middle of a recording studio session. The sultry rapper was working on a sample of the song sun sun by the French artist Pomme, released in 2019 and from the album The Riftsfor which she received a Victoire de la Musique in the “Revelation Album” category the following year. In 2021, she was elected “female artist of the year” during the ceremony broadcast on France 2.
Apple did not give its consent to Kanye West
However, Apple had never been aware of Kanye West’s project. So, when the 28-year-old singer learned of this information, Claire Pommet, her real name, wanted to react in person in a publication shared on her Instagram account this Monday, January 6: “Hello, I would like to clarify a situation regarding a potential use of my song “soleil soleil” on Kanye West’s next project. I do not know the source of the video and audio content circulating these days on the networks“, first declared Pomme, before expressing his dissatisfaction with this sample, due to the numerous controversies to which Kanye West is the subject: “But I never agreed to the use of this sample for reasons that seem obvious to me, being in deep disagreement with the political positions of this artist whom I have greatly admired in the past. It’s sometimes difficult to give up on certain opportunities but I prefer to respect my deep values.“
Kanye West, repeated controversies
In recent years, Kanye West has had a string of controversies, notably declaring that slavery “was a choice“from the black community or also by making anti-Semitic remarks, by estimating”see good things in Hitler“, “I like Jews, but I also like Nazis“or what it should be”stop demonizing Nazis all the time“. Despite his apologies for his biggest controversies, Kanye West today remains a very divisive artist in the musical world, as evidenced by the position of Apple.
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