Yes! You heard it right New Orleans' own Lil Wayne has faced legal issues over sampling. I'm sure we went over this on the blog about sampling and if its legal....(Did you check it?....OK!)
Well anyway, their was a federal lawsuit filled in May by singer Karma Ann-Swanepoe, claims that Lil Wayne had received no type of permission to sample the song
The suit says that the record label (Cash Money Records) that Wayne is signed on, failed to negotiate the license in which Ann-Swanepoe song "Once" was being used to create the song "I feel like dying"
Currently Lil Wayne and Cash Money Records are currently requesting a New Orleans judge to a Friday deadline, for turning over documents requested by lawyers which were part of the people who published the song "Once".
Source: Billboard
So be careful with the sampling folks. I hate to see any of you in court!
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