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De La Soul Disappoints Fans By Blasting Journalist’s Book On The Rap Group

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Music journalist Marcus J. Moore recently wrote a book called High & Rising about the lives and legacies of De La Soul… But they aren’t very excited about the endeavor. “This is an unauthorized book, and we are not connected to it in any way,” the legendary hip-hop group stated on social media. “If you choose to support this book, that’s your right. We just want it to be clear that we do not and we are exploring all of our legal options.” As you can see in the replies to the Twitter post down below, a lot of fans expressed disappointment with this distance.

Many of them explained how Marcus J. Moore’s High & Rising is a piece of love, care, and appreciation for the indelible career of De La Soul. In addition, they brought up the lack of foundation for a group of their size and caliber to “explore legal options” around what another creative legally wrote about them. It’s important to note, however, that De La has struggled with IP and corporate ownership of their work in the past.

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De La Soul’s Statement On High & Rising: See Replies For Reactions

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Still, these past struggles when it comes to De La Soul benefitting from their craft and navigating the industry don’t really apply to the kind of great work that Marcus J. Moore is so renowned for. As such, many fans feel like they are misdirecting their anger here. Regardless, there is still a lot that we don’t know when it comes to this story, and hopefully the parties involved can address these problems with more clarity, earnestness, and cooperation. High & Rising is the kind of work that could bring the hip-hop group many new listeners and fans, and an homage that further canonizes them in the history books thanks to fans’ ardent support of it.

Nevertheless, De La Soul will always be one of the best of all time no matter what happens with High & Rising. Hopefully they can listen to fans and find common ground with Marcus J. Moore, or at least explain what’s going on in a way that concretizes their worries. It’s a complex problem, but not an impossible one.

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

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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.”

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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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