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2008
Cypress Hill Hit W/ $29 Mil Suit Over "Black Sunday" Sample
by marco
According to TMZ, legendary blues singer Syl Johnson filed a lawsuit against the hip-hop band claiming the music from his 1969 record "Is It Because I'm Black" were used without permission on Hill's "Lock Down (Interlude)."
Lil Wayne Sued For Stones Copyright Breach
by marco
A music publishing company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones' song "Play With Fire" sued rapper Lil Wayne
Kanye West, record labels sued over jazz samples
by marco
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."
2007
Why hasn't Diddy tried to save music sampling?
by marco
Why would Combs, one of the biggest names in hip-hop, fail to defend sampling? Maybe it was simply inadvertence. Maybe it was a strategic decision. Or maybe it was more calculating.
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