Bishop Jakes Seeks Legal Action Against Rapper Young Jeezy

Bishop T. D. Jakes, the senior pastor of The Potter’s House, is seeking legal action against the rapper for “stealing” his voice. Jay Wayne Jenkins, better known by his stage name Young Jeezy, sampled a portion of the Bishop’s sermon Don’t Let the Chatter Stop You in a song he remixed which includes fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar.  Jakes is not pleased with the rapper’s decision to include his voice and is looking to the law to support his theory of theft.

The remix opens with a 24 second sampling of Jakes’ saying, “I’m under attack, but I’m still on fire. I’ve got some chatter, I’ve got some threat, I’ve got some liabilities but I’m still on fire. It’s not amazing that I’m on fire. I’ve been to hell and back, but I’m still on fire.” Jakes’ team made it clear that the rapper did not have permission to use his voice in the remixed version of the song Holy Ghost in a post on Facebook which reads:

SPECIAL NOTICE: The ‘Holy Ghost’ remix by Jeezy featuring Kendrick Lamar was produced without the

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