Lil Wayne has reportedly been sued by a musical publishing company for using a Rolling Stones song without permission.
According to Reuters, Abkco Music Inc. claims that Lil Wayne sampled Rolling Stones’ song “Play With Fire” without permission and used it on his song “Play With Fire” which is featured on Tha Carter III.
Abkco owns the rights to the “Play With Fire”. They claim Lil Wayne’s version of “Play With Fire” uses “explicit, sexist and offensive language” and causes the public to believe that their company and the Rolling Stones approved the rapper’s version.
Abkco’s lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court yesterday (July 24) and seeks unspecified damages.
Lil Wayne’s representatives could not be reached for comment.
Source: SixShot
Tony Yayo has never been the one to keep quiet on his discontent for other rappers. Calling into Jenny Boom Boom’s show on Hot 93.7 in Connecticut, Yayo released a kamikaze of insults toward G-Unit’s three biggest current foes; The Game, Young Buck and Fat Joe.
Stating that The Game was a “television blood,” Yayo mentioned their first encounter in which he saw Game wearing a different color. “When I met Game, he had on a brown flag. He wasn’t even blood, get out of here man.”
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Building on his already lucrative portfolio of reality show brands, mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has announced the launch of his new VH1 show, I Want to Work for Diddy.
The first hour long episode is set to premier August 4 at 9:00 pm and will follow 13 aspiring assistants as they struggle through a myriad of emotional, mental, and physical challenges, for the opportunity to work directly under Diddy.
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NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Rapper Curtis Jackson, who performs under the stage name 50 Cent, sued Yum Brands Inc.’s (YUM) Taco Bell Corp. on Wednesday for allegedly using his name, persona and trademarks in a nationwide advertising campaign without his permission.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, alleges Taco Bell drafted a fake letter it purported asks Jackson to change his name to “79 Cent,” “89 Cent” or “99 Cent” in order to publicize its “79-89-99 Cent Why Pay More Value Menu.”
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Troubled rapper DMX has been accused of using a false identity to avoid paying hospital medical expenses.
The star - real name Earl Simmons - was charged in Arizona on Tuesday (22Jul08) with one count of theft and one count of stealing someone else’s identity.
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Dr. Dre has finally emerged from his lair (aka studio) to do some press for his new line of headphones, Beats By Dr. Dre, and of course, he’s been asked the question: When is Detox coming out?
While speaking with USA Today, the veteran producer revealed that the long-awaited album may just see the light of day by the end of the year.
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Friday, July 25, 2008
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