The Weeknd may be in major trouble for sampling music without consent. The Weeknd has gotten himself into some possible legal trouble. According to E! News, the singer whose real name Abel Tesfaye, together with his team were hit with a lawsuit by a British company that claims that The Weeknd ripped off the musical composition for his hit single, "The Hills" from a track by composer Tom Raybould which was used for the 2013 movie The Machine.
