Kanye West has claimed that “a lot of people try to take advantage of me” while testifying at an ongoing copyright trial.

A lawsuit against the rapper was filed in 2024, alleging that West used elements from a song called ‘MSD PT2’ on ‘Moon’ and ‘Hurricane’ on his 10th studio record ‘ DONDA ‘.

Despite claiming that West was refused permission to sample the song, the suit claims West did so anyway in a “blatant theft of musical property”. While the sample wasn’t included in the final recording, West did perform an early version of ‘Hurricane’ containing the snippet at a July 2021 listening party.

Khalil Abdul Rahman, Sam Barsh, Dan Seeff and Josh Mease – the musicians behind ‘MSD PT2’ – are seeking $500,000 in damages from West .

Now, West has testified at the trial yesterday (Wednesday May 6), telling the court that “we went through the normal process” to have the samples cleared (via Billboard ).

He went on to add that “I pride myself on giving people what they deserve” for credit and royalties – but…