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