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50 Cent Lyric Suit

Lisa Rogers, 01.26.2006, 01:38 PM

(EZ-Tracks) - Rapper 50 Cent stole some of the lyrics for his 2003 hit "In Da Club" from a song by former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell, an attorney claims in a lawsuit. Richard C. Wolfe filed the copyright infringement lawsuit against Curtis James Jackson, a.k.a. 50 Cent, in Miami federal court last week on behalf of Lil' Joe Wein Music. Parts of "In Da Club," from the album Get Rich or Die Tryin', copy "It's Your Birthday," released in 1994 on Campbell's solo album Still a Freak for Life, the lawsuit alleged. Lil' Joe Wein Music holds the copyright to "It's Your Birthday" and other songs Campbell produced with his rap group 2 Live Crew and as a solo artist. Lil' Joe Wein Music is owned by Joseph Weinberger, an attorney who formerly represented Campbell. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages in addition to attorneys' fees and other legal costs.

Music Vixen Says: I've read that 2 Live Crew aren't behind this suit and won't be receiving any of the royalties, but rather the people who have the rights to the song. 2 Live Crew are trying to distance their name from such a "selfish" suit, and can you blame them? What kind of a world do we live in when someone thinks they own the words "Hey shorty it's your birfday, we gonna parrrrrty like its your birfday."?

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