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French Montana Scores “Technical Win” In Copyright Case

January 5, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Earlier this year, French Montana was hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit from up-and-coming hip-hop artist Hotwire The Producer, born Eddie Lee Richardson. Richardson accused the performer of sampling him on “Ain’t Worried About Nothin’” without permission, seeking $5 million. Luckily for French Montana, he beat the case earlier this week, but the judge’s ruling came alongside some shady comments.

Illinois federal Judge Nancy L. Maldonado dismissed the suit, providing Richardson with a few words of encouragement. According to her, French Montana merely took home a “technical win,” and says that he “should not claim [it] as a substantive victory.”

Judge Claims “Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery”

French Montana Scores “Technical Win" In Copyright Case — French Montana attends “Halftime” Premiere during the Tribeca Festival Opening Night on June 08, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)

“If it is any consolation, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the Court hopes that Richardson will not be deterred in his musical endeavors, now armed with a better understanding of copyright law,” Maldonado explains in her ruling. “As it is, though, Richardson’s evidence in this particular case is insufficient to establish copyright infringement.”

“Unfortunately for Richardson, his express admission in this case that he has only a sound recording copyright, and not one for a musical composition, means that he does not have exclusive rights in the generic sounds or melodies of HPW,” she adds. Maldonado insists that had Richardson registered for copyright of his musical composition, her ruling “might have been very different.” She claims that “In that case, Richardson’s expert evidence as to the similarity of the ‘sounds’ or melodies of the songs likely would have been enough to send this case to trial… But with a sound recording registration only, Richardson’s means for establishing infringement are much more limited.” What do you think of French Montana winning his copyright case? What about the judge’s comments? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Chaka Khan Apologizes To Kanye West For “Silly Grudge” Over Sped-Up Vocal Sample

December 29, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Chaka Khan just got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a deserving accolade for such a superstar. Thus, she reflected on her career highlights, personal experiences, and so much more during a recent interview with Rolling Stone. What will probably prove to be of most interest to hip-hop fans is the singer’s assessment of her relationship with Kanye West. For those unaware, he sampled her track “Through The Fire” on his first-ever single “Through The Wire,” something that she critiqued for many years since. Now, though, it seems like it’s all water under the bridge.

“To clarify something, the reason you were annoyed with Kanye West about ‘Through the Wire’ is that he asked to use your sampled voice, but didn’t make it clear that it’d be sped up, right?” the publication asked. “Yeah. And you know, that was my fault, too, for feeling salty about that in any way,” Chaka Khan responded. “Because if I understood the rap game more completely, like I do now, then that wouldn’t have been a big deal to me. No, I’m done [having it bother me]. Please. I’m not hanging on to any silly grudges.”

Kanye West & Chaka Khan Perform “Through The Wire” In 2004: Watch

Of course, Kanye West is no stranger to sampling issues, whether from an artistic standpoint or actually clearing it. Most recently, that’s what’s happening with his song “Everybody” off his yet-to-be-released collab album with Ty Dolla $ign, Vultures. The song samples The Backstreet Boys, and it looks like the publishers in charge of the sampled record refuse to give the rights over as of writing this article. It’s just one of many ways in which this album rollout turned chaotic. We still doubt it will ever see the light of day.

Meanwhile, Ye isn’t just receiving apologies from a legend; he’s also giving them. Everyone has a different take on his apology in Hebrew to the Jewish community for his antisemitic remarks. While some are forgiving and others don’t buy it for a millisecond, at least it’s better than complete silence. For more news and the latest updates on Chaka Khan and Kanye West, stay logged into HNHH.

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Boosie Badazz Rants About Rod Wave On IG Live

December 15, 2023 by newhiphopnews

During a recent Instagram Live, fans asked Boosie Badazz if he would be attending Rod Wave’s show in Atlanta amid their ongoing beef. For obvious reasons, the Louisiana native wasn’t, but threw a bit of shade his way before changing the subject. According to him, Rod Wave offered to “pull up,” but ultimately decided to pay a lawyer instead.

The two artists’ beef first began when Boosie called Rod Wave out for allegedly sampling his song without paying him during another Instagram Live. “Can’t let you just take my sh*t and I’m not getting nothing,” he said. “I just want my split, you know, my cut … I ain’t mad, I love when they do that sh*t.” Things only escalated when he took to Twitter to continue his rant, prompting a response from Rod Wave.

Boosie Badazz Throws Shade At Rod Wave

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“On my momma Boosie,” he said. “Big bra I fw ya tell me a real number. Yeen even gotta do all dat tell me a number ima pull [up] and bring it to you!!” At that point, however, it was too late. Boosie went on to tease what sounds like a Rod Wave diss track, taking the tension to a new level. Rod Wave later denied stealing the song, and even threatened to quit music altogether. Boosie didn’t let up, eventually announcing a lawsuit.

“Hell no, that n***a Rod Wave ain’t pull up on me,” he told fans. “I don’t own the song fully, I own a percentage of it. I still have publishing in it and writer’s credits. So, I guess when he found out that, he don’t want to give me nothing. We going to court. Nobody contacted me. Nobody gave me my publishing. Nobody gave me my writer’s credit. How you clear it, when you ain’t clear it with me?” What do you think of Boosie Badazz throwing shade at Rod Wave during his recent Instagram Live? What about their ongoing beef? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Dionne Warwick Says Doja Cat Never Reached Out For Sample As She Makes It Clap In Bathrobe

December 3, 2023 by newhiphopnews

As one of the biggest and most acclaimed hits of the year, it was very hard to avoid Doja Cat’s “Paint The Town Red” in 2023. However, it seems like the song’s point of inspiration never even heard about what the song wanted to do before it actually came out. Moreover, Dionne Warwick recently appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show and spoke about how the rapper and singer sampled her hit “Walk On By” in the chart-topper. At one point, she recalled not even knowing that Doja wanted to record that song, at which point Clarkson brought up that they probably had to ask permission to clear the sample.

Then, Warwick said that she didn’t hear anything about clearing the sample, but still showed love to the song and thanked Doja Cat for introducing her work to a whole new generation. As such, it seems like there are no hard feelings here about this song becoming so huge, even if the 82-year-old was a bit out of the loop. Of course, it’s entirely possible that this sample clearance occurred between each artist’s teams and not between them personally. We might never know for sure, but the important thing is that this is an amicable relationship.

Dionne Warwick On “Paint The Town Red” Sample: Watch

Funnily enough, given that she’s such a legend in music, it’s no surprise that this wasn’t Dionne Warwick’s first hip-hop crossover. Her other famous one is much different, though, as it involves her reprimanding Snoop Dogg and his crew about their lyrics. “We were kind of, like, scared and shook up,” Tha Doggfather told CNN about her words. “We’re powerful right now, but she’s been powerful forever: thirty-some years in the game, in the big home with a lot of money and success. We were the most gangster as you could be, but that day at Dionne Warwick’s house, I believe we got out-gangstered that day. I made it a point to put out records of joy. Dionne, I hope I became the jewel that you saw when I was the little, dirty rock that was in your house. I hope I’m making you proud.”

Doja Cat Throws It Back In A Bathrobe: Watch

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Meanwhile, the Scarlet hitmaker hasn’t commented on this, but she did show how she can make it clap with no hands. It’s been nice to see her having fun online amid a lot of busy movement. While Doja recently apologized for a lackluster concert on tour, hopefully the rest of it picks up with grace and excitement. For more on Dionne Warwick and Doja Cat, log back into HNHH.

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Boosie Badazz Unleashes On Rod Wave Even Further For Sample Clearance Issues

November 19, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Boosie Badazz isn’t done with Rod Wave just yet, as he had some additional words for him on Sunday (November 19). Moreover, he took to Twitter to blast the Florida native further for sampling a song of his without the proper clearance. While Wave has yet to respond to this as of writing this article, this might be the kind of issue that gets resolved behind closed doors. Even then, we’re sure we’ll hear about how it went down at some point or another from the Baton Rouge rapper. In his latest message, he even invoked other musical legends in his argument, seemingly comparing himself to the likes of Prince.

“HOW IS IT FOUL?” Boosie began his latest rant on the social media platform. “ITS BUIZNESS N YOU KNOW THAT. YOU AINT GO DO THAT TO NO OTHER MAJOR LABEL WITHOUT COMPENSATING THEM WITH THEY SPLITS!! WHY DO IT TO A N***A YOU LOOKED UP [TO]. U EXPECT ME TO LET U TAKE MY KIDS PUBLISHING GTFOH STOP PLAYING VICTIM MY N***A. IS U GO SAMPLE NO LIMIT, BAD BOY, CASH MONEY, SO SO DEF, MICHAEL JACKSON, MARVIN GAYE, [OR] PRINCE WORD FOR WORD FOR FREE? NO @rodwave.”

Boosie Badazz Keeps Going Off On Rod Wave

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Still, it’s also entirely possible that this won’t be the most contentious “tribute” that the 41-year-old deals with this week. For example, he accused Kodak Black of also copying a song of his for his recently released track “Eaze Your Mind.” “DAM @kodakblack EVEN THO WE FELL OUT WE COULDA DID FAIR BUIZNESS #justbuizness,” Boosie tweeted. “Kodak…” he added in a video to social media. “I ain’t trippin’. On my kids, bro, you gotta respect it, man. I ain’t trippin’, y’all trippin’. Stay tuned. I’ll be posting more in six hours.”

Meanwhile, given that his T.I. collab album won’t pan out, we’re sure that Badazz would be very happy to work with others right now. But if that arrangement doesn’t come with the proper splits, respect, and permission, then it won’t slide easy. We’ll see how else he escalates the situation, if at all, and whether the two accused artists respond. For more news and the latest updates on Boosie and Rod Wave, come back to HNHH.

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NBA YoungBoy Samples Kanye West’s “POWER” In New Song Preview: Watch

November 14, 2023 by newhiphopnews

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to NBA YoungBoy fans that days after dropping off another album, he’s already got unreleased snippets surfacing online. So far in 2023, the Louisana native has been on a roll. He kicked things off with a featureless, 19-track effort, I Rest My Case, before working with Mariah The Scientist, Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, and The Kid LAROI on Don’t Try This At Home. Since then, YB has further expanded his discography with Richest Opp, and more recently, Decided 2. The latter hit DSPs this past New Music Friday (November 10), with just one guest appearance from Rod Wave on “Better Than Ever.”

So far, “Deep Down,” “My Body,” and “Free Sex” are all emerging as fan favourites, though were curious to see how the LP will age. As HipHopDX reports, an affiliate of the 24-year-old gave his Instagram followers a preview of what else YoungBoy has been cooking up lately, including a tribute to Kanye West. Using a sample of the embattled star’s “POWER” track from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, the Southern superstar gives the original lyricist his flowers. “RIP to the Donda, now I’m the biggest scholar / I got my own playlist, I say Kanye’s better,” he rhymes.

NBA YoungBoy Appears to Have More Heat Cooking Up

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As is the case with most of the Baton Rogue-born star’s songs, not everyone is immediately feeling what they’re hearing. “He was going to off, then he started talking on the beat again,” one IG user wrote in Akademiks’ comments, criticizing NBA’s flow. “We listening to the same thing? This hard!” another person replied to the discourse.

Having the support of NBA YoungBoy behind him has to feel pretty good for Kanye West as he inches toward dropping another album of his own. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been all love for the father of four, as his wife Bianca Censori’s Australian friends reportedly held an intervention to help her acknowledge his “controlling” behaviour during her trip home this month. Read more about that at the link below, and let us know if you want YB to drop his full track sampling “POWER” in the comments.

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Mike Jones Responds To NLE Choppa’s Call-Out Over Sample Issues

October 29, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Samples are pretty much everything in hip-hop: its lifeblood and point of origin, an indelibly useful creative tool, and a commercial headache. Moreover, we always hear about clearance disputes, royalty splits, and so much more when one artist wants to use another’s song. While that can sometimes be more attributed to the labels or management that these MCs work with, sometimes the beef can get in between the artists themselves. That’s what happened recently with NLE Choppa and Mike Jones, as the former called the latter out for copyrighting a sample that he already cleared: his song “Still Tippin’,” which became the instrumental for Choppa’s “CMON” freestyle. Now, Jones clapped back.

“Don’t care about getting respect,” Mike Jones responded to NLE Choppa’s complaints. “Especially if the respect wasn’t shown 4 months ago prior to releasing the music without getting the business clear! I told y’all #Welcome2TheMusicBusiness #StayTuned For Receipts & I wish a N***A Would!!!!” In fact, if you look up the Memphis MC’s freestyle, it’s no longer available due to this copyright claim. This means that this isn’t a situation in development or discussion in the legal world; it just happened quickly.

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Furthermore, this is what NLE Choppa had to say to Mike Jones when this copyright claim came through. “Ion know if it’s Mike jones or his team but on everything y’all dead wrong for trying to copyright a song I cleared,” he expressed on Twitter. “That’s some hating s**t especially for a young n***a like me that’s just tryna please his fans. Ion feel that I lost d*mb respect but it’s cool fasho!” What’s funny is that this isn’t the first time that Jones in particular shut down remixes to his songs much to the public dismay of the sampling artist, as this happened to rapper BiC Fizzle with the exact same song earlier this year.

Meanwhile, what do you think of this whole debacle? Is Choppa right to be so indignant or is it time for people to pump the brakes on reckless or undue sampling? However you may feel, let us known the comments section down below. Also, stay up to date on HNHH for the latest news and updates on Mike Jones and NLE Choppa.

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NLE Choppa Puts Mike Jones On Blast For Copyrighting Previously-Cleared Song

October 29, 2023 by newhiphopnews

NLE Choppa recently took to social media, calling out Mikes Jones for allegedly copyrighting a song that had already been cleared. Choppa dropped his “CMON FREESTYLE” last week, spitting over Jones’ early-2000s track, “Still Tippin.” It seems, based on a recent Tweet from Choppa, that Jones copyrighted the track just recently.

“Ion know if it’s Mike jones or his team but on everything y’all dead wrong for trying to copyright a song I got cleared,” the 20-year-old wrote. “That’s some hating sh*t especially for a young n***a like me that’s just tryna please his fans. Ion feel that I lost d*mb respect but it’s cool fasho !” At the time of writing, Jones has yet to respond.

NLE Choppa Thinks Mike Jones Is On “Some Hating Sh*t”

Ion know if it’s Mike jones or his team but on everything y’all dead wrong for trying to copyright a song I got cleared that’s some hating shit especially for a young nigga like me that’s just tryna please his fans. Ion feel that I lost dumb respect but it’s cool fasho !

— NLE Choppa (@Nlechoppa1) October 29, 2023

While many social media users appear to be on board with what NLE Choppa’s saying, some point out that Jones himself may not be responsible. Others note how this isn’t the first time Jones has taken issue with other artists sampling his music. Earlier this year, BiC Fizzle put the rapper on blast for getting his song “44s” removed from YouTube. Similarly, Fizzle’s song samples “Still Tippin.”

“Mike Jones you a h*e for making my n***a’s shit get deleted, n***a, with your broke a**,” BiC Fizzle said during a live stream. “The real kickback drop 4’s old broke b*tch,” he added. Jones eventually clapped back, telling Fizzle “You gotta learn the business.” He continued, suggesting that the artist failed to properly clear the sample. “Once you become an owner of something and people will want to sample your stuff, it’s a proper procedure of business that has to go down. Once that business goes down, you get the access gate to keep going,” he explained. What do you think of Mike Jones allegedly copyrighting a song that NLE Choppa had previously cleared? Do you think NLE Choppa’s reaction was warranted, or is he overreacting? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Yebba Treats Drake To Her Song Sampled On “Polar Opposites”

October 14, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Last week, Drake dropped off his eighth studio album, For All The Dogs, after plenty of teasing. The 23-track project is jam-packed with high-profile features. J. Cole, Yeat, Lil Yachty, SZA, and more make appearances. One song even features the vocal stylings of Drake’s 6-year-old son, Adonis.

Another major artist, Yebba, also contributed to Drake’s new album on his track “Polar Opposites.” It features a dreamy sample of Yebba’s song at the end. It looks like the Canadian performer is a huge fan of her work and that song in particular, and he took to social media to let her know. “@yebbasmith drop the full song from end of ‘Polar Opposites,’” he wrote. “This is not a request it’s a demand [lock emoji].” She later responded, sharing his message on her own story. “Drake said it so we must,” she expressed.

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She then shared a clip of the song in a later story, titled, “Waterfall (I adore you).” Yebba went on to post the song, which had been pitched down in Drake’s “Polar Opposites, in its original pitch. This sparked quite a bit of excitement from Drake. “Yes yes yes yes yes yes,” he commented. Drake and Yebba joined forces again back in 2021 for “Yebba’s Heartbreak,” which appears on his album Certified Lover Boy. The Arkansas-born artist isn’t the only one Drake’s shared his appreciation for amid the release of For All The Dogs, however.

Just ahead of the drop, Drake also showed love to Lil Yachty on Table For One, giving him a call to tell him how much he impacted his creative process. “I don’t think this album is what it is if I don’t get to run everything by you,” he explained. “The realest sh*t you can get is somebody that cares about you enough to tell you their real opinion.” What do you think of Yebba dropping “Waterfall (I adore you)” per Drake’s request? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Drake Allegedly Used Rye Rye Sample Without Crediting Artist On “Calling For You”

October 6, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Drake’s For All The Dogs contains a lot of guests, collaborators, features, and behind-the-scenes contributors… too many to credit, it seems. Moreover, rapper and signer Rye Rye recently took to Twitter to blast him for featuring her uncredited vocals on the track “Calling For You” featuring 21 S*vage. In a barrage of tweets, she also detailed how this isn’t the first time this has happened to her, marking a pretty nasty pattern if everything is as she says. Of course, you can see her credited on sites like Genius, but most listeners won’t put a name to the voice.

“REALLY @Drake MY VOCALS AGAIN?” Rye Rye tweeted. “& NO CREDIT? I really wanna be flattered but I feel like it’s trolling ATP OMG …one of my fave artists doing this I don’t know how to feel anymore. But thank you for reminding me that my 15 year old vocals are still legendary. This is not funny this sent me into a deep depression and made me angry inside the first time. Now I gotta relive this again after I was semi trying to push through. WTF I wanna be happy but like how.

Rye Rye’s Original Tweet About Drake Sample

“Like how tf lil John chair squeaking sample get credited on currents over my actual voice WTF,” the Baltimore native continued against Drake. “I’m feeling angry inside all over again.. I feel so disrespected.. guess that’s how the game goes huh lol bettttt. Ruined my whole f***in day I don’t even wanna fly nomore. Sitting here crying but I can’t be a sucker. I gotta turn this s**t into motivation. I always been strong and I feel it in the universe ima get what I deserve. Make me wanna turn into a b***h but ima let me heart keep being pure. I worked so hard at 15 when I created them vocals. I get that they’re legendary I love that yall f**k with it. But damn at first yall might didn’t know where the sample came from. Now it’s been made clear and yall still just can’t give credit.

More Tweets From Rye Rye

This the generation of sampling and it starts from the little ass producer kids who started using me in club mixes …at first it was for no profit I understand that & some ppl didn’t know where it came from til now but yall outta hand atp

— Rye Rye (@RyeRye) October 6, 2023

Honestly it was never even about the money when drake first sampled me if I would’ve woke up to credit like I should have received I would’ve been perfectly fine.. somebody to that caliber ..the label / team ain’t no rookies they should’ve made it right first time

— Rye Rye (@RyeRye) October 6, 2023

Then jbalvin sampling me right after lol no credit …double whammy..he in a whole other country lol

— Rye Rye (@RyeRye) October 6, 2023

“That s**t takes nothing at all,” she went on. “When I used the ‘anything you can do I can do better’ sample in my song it was my label job to CLEAR that before it came out. This for all the ppl saying it’s the producers. Yea ultimately BUT if you’re on a major they should be clearing all samples prior to releasing. And I’m not venting to social media thinking it’s gonna get me paid. But some ppl can see it and offer help/advice. Also it’s my voice ppl know it and bringing it to my attention so I can speak on it if I want tf yall weird af. ” For more news and updates on Rye Rye, Drake, and For All The Dogs, log back into HNHH.

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