True Or False?!??: Kanye West Stole The Lyrics To “Stronger” And Earned $40+ Million Off Of It!!!

Posted on July 26th, 2010 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Bossip Exclusives, Interviews, Kanye West, News, Put on Blast, True or False?, We Broke It Here First!, What the Hell???

Kanye West and Wince P.

Kanye West has been in the court room just as much as the studio lately. First going through the madness with Suge Knight and now he’s about to be in front of a judge for stealing lyrics… According to producer and songwriter Vince P., Kanye’s track “Stronger” wouldn’t have made the same impact if Yeezy didn’t steal some of his lyrics.

Yes… You read it right!!! Bossip had an exclusive interview with Vince P. so he could set the record straight about who, what when and why!!!

Vince P. Interview:

Stronger – Kanye’s Version vs. Vince’s Version:

  • da real one

    that is real foul Kayne,not original yo, he is dead wrong for that.

  • Cleveland Sux

    Listened to both of them. Not only do the songs sound nothing alike.This fool, Vince P. just exposed how untalented he is.

  • loc

    Who is this clown and who is he trying to fool? His song sounds like sh.t

  • Shannon

    Hell, the roseanne theme song had that lyric for a minute lol. And he just now noticing that ‘stronger’ was a hit? Where he been, prison?

  • jay

    if you are a music conasewer and study music very carefully you’ll see that kanye clearly if not stolen most definitely borrowed lyrics the music key signatures are not the same the tempo is not the same even the syncopation is not same but if you break it down song concept there is most definitely a strength in similarities vince p has a strong case and as a musicologist vince definitely has validity now my personal opinion ! Kanye is a great artist and a huge bully if you don’t think so ask taylor swift ask vince p ask any chicago artist america think deeply pay attention the answers are there

  • Ron,Black and Rock

    Haa haa this clown need to kill himself.C’mon son.Get real.

  • M3@9@N

    He deceided to sue in 2010 ova stronger frm 2007?? He compared dat shyt for three years??

  • http://bossip.com babysis

    Wanna find AN INTERR-ACIAL RELATION-SHIP???

    Here is a very nice community

    –[blackwhiteloving{.}c o m]–

    It’s where black white sing-les looking for someone to enjoy their lifestyle with.

    Come in and stay a while. Complete your profile. Post a message, a picture of yourself and check out the photo galleries.

    Give it a try, you will find someone you like here (*^__^*)

    ….. , . – . – , _ , …..
    ….. ) ` – . .> ‘ `( …..
    ….. / . . . .` . . …..
    ….. |. . . . . |. . .| …..
    ….. . . . ./ . ./ …..
    ….. `=) /.=` …..
    ….. `-;`.-’ …..
    ….. `)| … , …..
    ….. || _.-’| …..
    ….. ,_|| _,/ …..
    ….. , ….. || .’ …..
    ….. | | ,. ||/ …..
    …. ,..` | /|.,|Y, …..
    ….. ‘-…’-._..||/ …..
    ….. >_.-`Y| …..
    ….. ,_|| …..
    ….. || …..
    ….. || …..
    ….. || …..
    ….. |/ …..

  • Oishi

    Beats don’t sound the same but kanye basically used daft punks song for his beat. Lyrically I can see similarities but what really stands out to me is that Kate moss reference (as seen mentioned in other blogs). I don’t think i’v ever heard a rapper mention her. Actually, considering how skinny she is, I’m surprised she would ever appear in a rap song. Still kanye’s been known to steal music… Lupe, rhymefest, etc

  • itsmy business

    Kanye also stole music for the song “good life” Dana Staggs is the original artist.

  • Say Shut Up One Mo Gin

    Yeah it’s a stretch on ole boys part to just now bring it up and for the Kate Moss reference, can’t never say what a person won’t do. That’s Kanye’s style that the way he uses metaphoric phrases and similes went he conveys his music. You would know that if you’ve been listening since college “Drop Out”.

  • Edward

    I dont know if this would stand in court but I believe it is true. Kanye is not original at all, even his early works (i.e. Jesus Walks) were stolen from another artist. As far as this Vince P waiting 3 years to sue, I would have waited also…I mean who wouldn’t hesitate to sue a huge artist such as Kanye.

  • htown_chick

    Jay do u know what a period and comma was invented for? Damn u dumb

  • Reggie G

    Ultrakid, the correct word is “liar”. You should work on your spelling and grammer. Its amazing how butchering the english language can completely repudiate the validity of your point. As far as the lawsuit is concerned, I’m sure there’s evidence indicating Vince P made the song prior to Kanye’s version. If not, anyone can quickly make up a song similar to any popular hit with the intent to pursue a lawsuit. Your argument makes no sense.

  • fiascofan

    don’t believe this crap.
    I can’t recall the song but kanye sampled this song from somebody. I highly doubt kanye would steal from whack artists he’s just trying to make money cuz his songs won’t make them.
    This pisses me off cuz kanye is one of the best

  • http://talll'oving.com rose

    Wanna find AN INTERR-ACIAL RELATION-SHIP???

    Here is a very nice community

    –[ta'll'loving{.}c o m]–

    It’s where tall sing-les looking for someone to enjoy their lifestyle with.

    Come in and stay a while. Complete your profile. Post a message, a picture of yourself and

    check out the photo galleries.

    Give it a try, you will find someone you like here (*^__^*)

    ….. , . – . – , _ , …..
    ….. ) ` – . .> ‘ `( …..
    ….. / . . . .` . . …..
    ….. |. . . . . |. . .| …..
    ….. . . . ./ . ./ …..
    ….. `=) /.=` …..
    ….. `-;`.-’ …..
    ….. `)| … , …..
    ….. || _.-’| …..
    ….. ,_|| _,/ …..
    ….. , ….. || .’ …..
    ….. | | ,. ||/ …..
    …. ,..` | /|.,|Y, …..
    ….. ‘-…’-._..||/ …..
    ….. >_.-`Y| …..
    ….. ,_|| …..
    ….. || …..
    ….. || …..
    ….. || …..
    ….. |/ …..

  • http://deleted Just Sayin

    Yawn…

    Why is it that most phone interviews sound like one of them is using a WW1 walkie talkie?

    I couldn’t understand a dam thing he was saying except “Thank You”.

    :-/

  • drenk

    NO the illuminati doesnt steal!! Satan has his own lyricist to write songs for him!!!

  • PL Ross

    The Kate Moss reference is a nonfactor as well considering he made reference to her in STRONGER. Let’s get lost tonight you can be my black Kate Moss tonight. Not sure why all this nonsense is being made over Kate Moss.

  • daahlingnikki

    If it’s not copywritten than it doesn’t belong to you…There is a dude from Baltimore who has been suing JJ for years over RN claiming he wrote most of the album but with no copywrite you can’t lay claim to something even though you may have been the author…He’s going to have a hard time proving this especially if this recording is his only proof…

  • ThatBKChick

    This happens in the music game all of the time from Beyonce to the Black Music, the orginator of Rock and Roll…Chuck Berry’s (music as stolen by the Beach Boys). Why is this even news? NEXT=>

  • LYRICS

    NEGRO PLZ!!!! WHAT SONG WERE U LISTENIN’ 2!!!!????

  • SPIC BOYZ

    time to pay up Kayne you ripped off Ray Charles too my man.

  • Sick of it

    who is this clown

  • the one

    The reason why Vince waited so long is that it’s better to let a song run it’s course then to go after it while it’s on the radio as you want it to make as much money as possible so that there is more cream at the end of the day.

  • Team Kanye

    Kanye “Lets get loss tonight you can be my black Kate Moss tonight, play secretary I’m the boss tonight”.

    Vince “I’m trying to get a model chick like Katie Moss and trade her to another team like Randy Moss”.

    Vince = WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU-YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE!

  • http://mr6thamend.tumblr.com Leondus Woods

    Yo, that joint don’t sound nothing like Kanye’s song. The judge should lock him up for wasting the court’s time..!

  • http://www.djtwoods.com DJTWoods

    Waka! Waka! Waka!You will lose son if thats all you have. Go to http://www.djtwoods.com and register!!

  • AMAZING!

    I am not saying this because I am a Kanye fan, I am saying the following as a person with common sense.

    “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger” is a quote that is orginially from Friedrich Nietzsche.

    So, Kanye didn’t steal something that already flippin’ existed. CASE CLOSED! And that rapper is TERRIBLE! :0

  • lily(bk’s finest)

    Reggie G 7/27/10, 05:10:AM

    Ultrakid, the correct word is “liar”. You should work on your spelling and grammer. Its amazing how butchering the english language can completely repudiate the validity of your point. As far as the lawsuit is concerned, I’m sure there’s evidence indicating Vince P made the song prior to Kanye’s version. If not, anyone can quickly make up a song similar to any popular hit with the intent to pursue a lawsuit. Your argument makes no sense.
    _________________

    @@@Reggie G
    The next time you advise someone to work on their “spelling and grammer”, make sure you correctly spell the word GRAMMAR.

  • rizzo

    Vince P. needs to stop tryna gets noticed on this scandal. his version of the song is nothing like Kanye’s. There’s are some similar lyrics but, not enough to say that the song was stolen. And who does this guy think he is saying ppl tell him he makes better music than kanye. If he did, why we ain’t heard nothing from him?

  • MsJae

    This really isnt worth commenting on because plain and simple he doesnt have a case how u gon sue him for using a phrase that HE didnt even come up with…everybody uses that damn phrase…he just mad cause when he said it didnt mean ish to nobody but when kanye said it it meant a lot lmao!!!

  • Just Sit and Be Pretty

    @Jay, I can appreciate you phonetically spelling it out, but “conasewer” is spelled “connoisseur”. ;-)

  • KINDRA_SHAREE

    who cares!!! Kanye still rocked that shit!

  • GEGE

    Stealing lyrics doesn’t mean he stole a song…..
    it’s the same as when two people are talking and one repeating what the other says, does that mean the other one stole the words?

    I hope the judge doesnt fall for it…..that man looks too dumb to write anything creative as Kanye!

  • Jai

    The similarities in the lyrics would have me to believe that the Vince P version was heard, tweaked to make better and then put over a different beat. I don’t think the whole song was stolen but it do appear that some of the lyrics and the hook could have been lifted.

  • Nice Try

    I’m sorry, but the similarities are too vague for Kanye to be found guilty of stealing it. Dude would have more of a case if Kanye had sampled his voice or something. But the phrase “that don’t kill me will only make me stronger” is a very common saying that Vince doesn’t own the rights to and the Kate Moss references were used in two totally different contexts. It can be argued that Kanye was inspired buy Vince’s song but it’s clear to me that there was no stealing. In my opinion, Vince doesn’t have a strong case here.

  • jay

    period. comma, connoisseur” im on a real computer now not my 4G why would the guy have to lie.have any of you ever had anything stolen or maybe your the theifs swagger jackin people but if you aren’t then you really know what i am talking about.! their is a strong possibility through the arranged meeting that kanye had his hands on your favorite kanye song and because he is your “Jesus” of music you cant see that he could be fraudulent in this case. he is only human and i like his music. text

  • truther

    Vince P dated my friend. He’s a tool and a wannabe. He thinks he’s getting hype but he’s really just obnoxious. Chicago didn’t want him. LA won’t either.

  • GEMZ

    DUDE YOUR SONG/RHYME/STYLE/ETC WAS _SS YEEZY STEAL YOUR Sh_T PLEASE….YOU NEED TO TRY A LITTLE HARDER.

blog comments powered by Disqus