Published 19:39 IST, November 19th 2020

DJ Luke Nasty faces heat from netizens for sampling a gospel song in his track

Rapper DJ Luke Nasty has been criticized for sampling Kirk Franklin's gospel song in his 'Rain', which shows a bold image of a woman on its cover

Reported by: Anurag Sharma
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DJ Luke Nasty is an American rapper who me his solo debut with his album Highway Music: Stuck In Traffic. His last album Cruise Control came out in 2018 and in 2019, he released his single called Bre. Luke, who has also worked as a DJ and in a choir, has recently come under scrutiny on social media after netizen found out that he h sampled Kirk Franklin’s Melodies From Heaven into his track. Take a look at what happened.

DJ Nasty faces heat after sampling Franklin’s Melodies From Heaven in his track

Netizens took to bash a recording of DJ Luke Nasty’s Rain on Twitter. rapper h uploed a small track in which he h ded samples of Kirk Franklin’s Melodies From Heaven and social media users on Twitter were t impressed. He uploed track on Twitter with caption “I have to chill lmao #SAMPLEKING.”

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Many of Twitter users n started reacting on his post with ir criticism for sampling a well kwn Kirk Franklin’s gospel song with a bold and exotic me, which may potentially hurt people’s religious sentiments.

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Twitter users responded to track with ir criticism to use such a me on a gospel song. One of m tweeted, “ “I kw this man ain’t just sample an iconic song by Kirk Franklin for some booty music.”

While ar netizen tweeted, “DJ Luke Nasty is usually a genius selector of sampling classic hits. But, sampling Kirk Franklin’s Melodies From Heaven with Shawty on cover, dollas fallin from sky, umbrella & all?!?!” Twitterati thus expressed ir discontent about recording of DJ Luke Nasty’s Rain. re has been response from Kirk Franklin on wher he h authorized this sample of DJ Luke Nasty.

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This DJ Luke Nasty’s song seems to have entered helines early for wrong reasons. While re has been response on this issue from eir one of artists, reactions from upset netizens have continued to flow in. sight of a semi-naked woman in DJ Luke Nasty’s Rain while having sampled Kirk Franklin’s gospel song has generated fresh trouble for Luke. 

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19:39 IST, November 19th 2020