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Hip Hop Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: phunksuu on May 23, 2008, 03:38:19 PM
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Rappers Kanye West, Method Man, Redman, Common and their record companies were sued on Thursday by late U.S. jazz musician Joe Farrell's daughter, who accused them of using her father's music without approval.
The lawsuit, filed by Kathleen Firrantello in the U.S. District Court in New York, names the rappers along with various labels owned by Universal Music Group./
None of the record companies or representatives for the rappers were immediately available for comment.
The lawsuit said all the rappers used portions of Farrell's 1974 musical composition "Upon This Rock" in three separate songs -- West in "Gone," Common in "Chi-City" and Method Man and Redman in their song "Run 4 Cover."
Firrantello is seeking punitive damages of at least $1 million and asked that no further copies of the songs be made, sold or performed, according to the lawsuit.
Reuters/Nielsen
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BULLDUST!!! >:(
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Kanye always getting sued for using samples...Its always the big guys getting sued! I don't see them coming for some producers in Africa? The minute you hit the big time they will pounce, thing is clearing houses for samples take too long and you end up getting charged too much...
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:o
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u cant sue a broke person, it only gets u broke.
damn.. she planned it , successful emceez with investments going for them. look at the line up, niggaz shld hav got sample clearnace and yep woman are opportunists, if dat jazz artist was still alive he wld hav worked with then instead, she's a skeeeeeeeeza!!!!!
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Unless she has money to fund this lawsuit, she's going no where.