Kanye West threatens legal action over "Mama's Boy" leak

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(CBS) Kanye West doesn't do anything halfway, whether it's interrupting Taylor Swift or calling out former President George W. Bush on national television.

Now he's angry about a leak of his song "Mama's Boy" that he says is unsanctioned. Iif he finds out who did it, there will be legal action.

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Island Def Jam released a statement saying a version of the song that turned up online is not approved by West; someone obtained a vocal track and made the version that appeared online. "Needless to say, measures are being taken to identify and prosecute the persons responsible for leaking this material," reads the statement.

The full statement:

"The version of the Kanye West recording 'Mama's Boy' that arrived on blog sites earlier this week is entirely bogus and unsanctioned, and violates the artist's creative intentions. As is often the unfortunate case, an unknown party or parties got a hold of Kanye West's vocal track and added their own soundbed to it, effectively and falsely releasing it as a Kanye West track from the 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' sessions. The result in no way resembles the final song Kanye West intended his fans to hear, and he is deeply disappointed that one of the most personal, meaningful and special songs he has ever written would reach people in this way. Needless to say, measures are being taken to identify and prosecute the persons responsible for leaking this material."

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by boatdocster June 17, 2011 9:34 PM EDT

We are furious that we still have to put up with this POS...

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by debbie1120 June 21, 2011 3:47 PM EDT: I agree. We still have to put up with his crap. I wish he would have interrupted Pink or someone else when they won an award. I bet he wouldn't be walking right now.

by Gimmeafb June 17, 2011 12:25 PM EDT

I gotta love this quote from the article: "...
he is deeply disappointed that one of the most personal, meaningful and special songs he has ever written would reach people in this way."

Yeah, well, I wonder how he felt when he stole Taylor Swift's thunder when she was picking up her first major award live on national TV.

Selfish bastisch doesn't get any sympathy from me.

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by Joel_Crike June 17, 2011 7:27 PM EDT: 'I wonder how he felt when he stole Taylor Swift's thunder'

Some people sure know how to hold a grudge. I like Taylor and I don't condone what Kanye did, but that happened over 2 YEARS AGO!


by Gimmeafb June 17, 2011 8:51 PM EDT: Yep. I sure can. I just find it funny how he can cry like a baby about his own "personal, meaninful" things and so blatently stomp on someone elses. Actually, I think the other poster has a point: It's probably a publicity stunt.