Travis Scott Allegedly Sampled Chicago Band’s Song Without Permission

The Chicago-based band Pixel Grip claims that Travis Scott used a part of their song on his new album, JackBoys 2, without their permission. The band states that the F.e.i.n rapper not only didn’t credit them, but there was no compensation.

The band was shocked when they woke up and heard that Travis Scott had sampled a song they had worked on for years called Pursuit and performed.

The song started at a festival in 2018, with the band slowly putting it together in 2020. 

“And then I listened to it again, and then in all caps was like, ‘Holy s***!’” vocalist Rita Lukea said.

Soon, Luca told her bandmates about that song.

“I can just tell immediately because, like, I worked so hard on that song, it’s like I can hear the bass line in the background. I can hear the noise of swirls in the very beginning,” Synth player/producer Jon Jon Freund said.

They soon played their song ‘Pursuit’ alongside Travis Scott’s ‘Kick Out’ simultaneously, which only confirmed their suspicions.

“As soon as I had headphones on, I was like yo y’all this is just a sample,” said Drummer/producer Tyler Ommen. “This is the song in the background.”

The band soon took to X to voice their grievances.

“I just can’t stop thinking about who else extremely famous or powerful in music knows about us and even actively likes our music but refuses to throw us a bone,” the band said on X.

Soon Pixel Grip received a message from Scott’s co-producer, Sean Momberger informing them that the label would reach out to clear the sample.

Momberger is a well-known producer with experience working with rappers. Just last year, he was part of the smash hit Kendrick Lamar‘s Not Like Us.

Momberger stated that he loved Pursuit and thought it was special. However, it was confirmed that the song wasn’t clear prior to release.

“It would have meant the world if he even just tagged us or shouted us out in any way, like that would’ve been a huge moment for us,” said Lukea, “but instead he just completely acted like we don’t exist.”

Despite the recent events, the band is still open to working with others.

“We are happy to collaborate just let us know,” said Ommen.

“We just want credit.” Lukea said.

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