Public debates about music ownership rarely feel personal. This one does. Candace Owens sparked fresh controversy after sharing a deeply emotional account tied to creative control, money, and moral conflict. What began as a practical need for a podcast intro quickly expanded into a broader critique of how the entertainment industry handles artists who fall out of favor.
Why Candace Owens says the system feels broken
Owens centered her argument on ownership. She described conversations with Ye, referencing his desire to re-record music in a way similar to Taylor Swift. That comparison added fuel, especially as Owens revealed the steep cost of licensing a brief audio sample through Universal Music Group.In her own words, Owens laid out the conflict without restraint: “Opening up about a personal struggle I’ve been going through: Last year I called Ye and asked him to please re-record all of his masters because I wanted to sample one of his songs for my new podcast intro but I really don’t want to pay to license the music he created from the same satanic pedophiles all throughout the industry who tried to destroy his life.”“The problem is that all of Ye’s old music is owned by masters. He and I discussed how genius it was that Taylor Swift rerecorded hers and how he has been wanting to make time to do the same but he hasn’t yet done it and I have this really amazing new intro I want to premiere but I’d have to pay Universal $40,000 to sample just 7 seconds of Kanye’s voice.”She added, “I honest to God just do not understand how it’s even legal for a group of people to be like “oh, this person cannot participate in society and we want this person destroyed and to lose everything and to be banned from entire countries, but also…we will continue to make money off his/her voice”.”She further continued, “I feel like in the future there needs to be a law that after the industry moves to conduct, in effect, a public slave hanging (like Daily Wire did me) they should be required to release that person’s likeness, social channels, voice and whatever else they may have once owned. Like you cannot attempt to kill a slave and then force them to still work for you because of lingering contracts. Maybe we need an addendum to the 13th amendment?”She concluded, “Anyway, I just really need this 7 second of Ye’s voice and spiritually speaking, I cannot pay these industrial Luciferians.I sometimes don’t even like playing the old Kanye catalogue because I know they’re getting paid from it but who can deny his Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy era? Ugh!”Beyond the language, the post reopened a serious discussion. Who truly owns a voice. And when culture profits, who pays the price.Also Read: “Charlie wasn’t dumb”: Candace Owens feud reignites as Alex Stone defends Erika Kirk and draws moral line
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