Two producers have sued Ye and Ty Dolla $ign, alleging that several releases of “Vultures” used their instrumental without permission. Jaraed Deal, known as Jae Deal, and Marlon Barrow filed their copyright complaint on Nov. 6 in federal court in California. Yeezy Record Label, Yeezy LLC and Create Music Group are also named as defendants.

The dispute started with an MP3

According to the 24-page complaint, Deal and Barrow made the recording “Joint 2” in 2018. Barrow says he sent Ty Dolla $ign an MP3 for a possible collaboration and withheld the separate audio tracks pending a written agreement. The producers allege that recognizable parts of their work later appeared in multiple versions of “Vultures,” including the title track of Vultures 1, without a license. They say Barrow received producer credit without payment and that Deal received neither credit nor payment.

The producers also dispute who claimed ownership

Paragraph 62 of the filing alleges that a July 2025 copyright registration omitted Deal as an author and indicated that Barrow had transferred rights by contract. The producers contend that Barrow signed no such agreement. The complaint seeks damages and an injunction. The allegations have yet to be decided in court, and Bright Light found no public response from the defendants in the coverage reviewed.

The case is Deal et al. v. West et al., No. 2:26-cv-13035. See the public docket and Bloomberg Law’s Nov. 9 coverage.