Vogue editor Anna Wintour may be regretting her
decision to finally put Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
on the cover of the fashion bible: Her company is now
being sued over the April photo shoot.
A forgotten boy-band crooner from the 1970s who sued
West last year, claiming the rapper swiped one of his
songs for a track on his album “Yeezus,” is now going
after Vogue for using the tune in a behind-the-scenes
video.
The “exclusive video,” posted on Vogue’s website , “takes
you on set with the happy family,” with images of a
canoodling Kimye posing with baby North for celebrity
photographer Annie Leibowtiz.
Rickey Spicer — who sang lead vocals as a 12-year-old
Michael Jackson wannabe for the one-hit-wonder group
“The Ponderosa Twins Plus One” — was shocked when he
heard his voice in the West title “Bound 2.”
His Manhattan civil suit against Vogue publisher Condé
Nast says “Mr. Spicer’s voice is used substantially
throughout the video, comprising approximately 44
percent of the lyrics.”
The Ohio man says the magazine “knowingly used the
voice audio recording of Mr. Spicer without his
authorization or consent.”
He wants unspecified compensation.
West, a 21-time Grammy Award winner, aggressively
lobbied Wintour to put his curvaceous baby mama on
Vogue’s cover. He even insisted that the reality TV star
was “more relevant to fashion” than First Lady Michelle
Obama.
Wintour finally relented , saying in an editor’s note that
Kardashian “has created a place for herself in the glare of
the world’s spotlight … through the strength of her
character.”
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