Kanye West: Rapper Ye sued by Donna Summer’s estate over copyright

However, the sample was not used in the final version of his song, Carnival which debuted at number one on the US Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart.

The rock artist, 75, said he denied the request as he believed Kanye was “an anti-Semite”.

In an interview after the release of the track, Osbourne’s wife, TV personality Sharon Osbourne said that in recent times Kanye “represents hate”.

Kanye, now known as Ye, was banned from Twitter in December 2022 over offensive tweets. He was restored on the account eight months later.

Following anti-Semitic comments on social media, Adidas, who produce the US rapper’s Yeezy trainers, cut ties with him.

The singer-songwriter first rose to fame in 2004 and has sold 160 million records since.