Kanye West has been sued for alleged sampling a 1985 song for his hit single, “Good Life,” without permission.
According to court documents obtained by TMZ.com, Maryland based songwriter-producer D’Mystro filed the lawsuit on March 20 in the U.S. District Court of Maryland, alleging that West “didn’t obtain a license to use” samples from his “Volume of Good Life,” which was written when the rapper was “only at the age of 6 or 7 years of age.”
In addition to West, the suit names Roc-A-Fella Records, publishing company BMI and singer T-Pain (real name: Faheem Najm), who is featured on the song.
He claims that West’s use of “contains vulgar and offensive” images on “Good Life,” “harms the reputation” of his much cleaner song.
D’Mystro is seeking 85% of all world sales of West’s music that samples his material.
Later in the suit, D’Mystro states various personal accolades, which include penning the 1990s hit “I Got The Power,” being featured in multiple motion picture sound tracks and baby paper commercials.
Source: Ballerstatus
When the insults settled and the dub plates were played out, the ‘Far East Rulers’, Mighty Crown, hoisted the ‘Death Before Dishonour’ trophy at Pier One, Montego Bay, for the second consecutive time,yesterday morning.
Their winning margin of six dub plates to the Panther-led Black Kat’s three, came before an audience vastly reduced in size and enthusiasm from previous years. For not only did many persons refuse to come in initially, a large crowd forming outside the crowd control barriers as people resisted the $1,500 entrance fee, but also four sound systems instead of five participated in the clash, which came after a dub plate display from four veterans.
Read More
Popular deejay, Areal ‘Mr Peppa’ Walters, known for hits such as Talk and Gangsta Guerilla, pleaded guilty to smoking ganja, in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Resident Magistrate Glen Brown fined Walters, who asked the court to be kind and to keep the conviction off his record. He said, “Your Honour, I would like to ask for some lenience in this matter.
Read More
Busta Rhymes appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court today for his sentencing on charges of assault, driving while intoxicated and driving with a suspended license. According to New York Newsday, the rapper was sentenced to 10 hours of community service, three years probation and was ordered to pay a $1250 fine plus court costs. Facing four separate trials and the likelihood that he would serve jail time, Busta reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and in January plead guilty to two charges of misdemeanor assault. The fine covers the two driving infractions and the rapper will also be required to enroll in a drunk driving program. “If you mess up, you’re going to jail,” Judge Larry Stephen told the rapper. If he violates the terms of his plea, he could end up serving a year in prison. “I thank the judge for giving me a chance and I thank everybody for being supportive,” Busta told reporters as he left the courthouse.
Source: XXLMag
Yonkers rapper Jada Kiss doesn’t waste any time. Shortly after signing with Roc-A-Fella records, the D-Block MC headed straight to the lab to start work on his new LP–and according to Def Jam A&R Lenny S, it’s going to be a hot one.
“It’s hot! No seriously it is,” Lenny tells HipHopDx. “We’re like 8 songs deep. He’s been working in D-Block studios in Yonkers knocking out joints. He knows what he’s doing so it’s not like a daily hands on over the shoulder kind of thing, ” he continued.
Read More
If you’ve heard the new street single “Big Dreams” from The Game already, it’s apparent that his distaste for 50 Cent is still evident.
This was reiterated the past weekend when Fat Joe stopped by Baltimore’s 92Q Jam’s radio station to promote his new album, Elephant In The Room. An inordinate amount of people called in, including a few hip-hop artists, but none of the phone calls was more striking than Game’s.
Read More
(39 votes, average: 4.18 out of 5)
Loading ...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
0 Comments