Author Topic: 50 Cent Sued Over "In Da Club" (Read 541 times)

KURUPTION-81 · « **on:** January 20, 2006, 10:08:24 AM »

www.allhiphop.com

50 Cent has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over his hit single
"In Da Club," claiming the lyrics to the song were lifted from an earlier
recording by Luther Campbell. Attorney Joseph Weinberger, owner of Lil' Joe
Records, filed the lawsuit in Miami federal court, claiming 50's famous "Go shorty,
it's your birthday" lines were actually lifted from Campbell's song "It's Your
Birthday," originally released on Campbell's 1994 album "Still a Freak for Life."
Weinberger once represented Campbell and obtained the copyrights to albums by the
2 Live Crew and Luke as a solo artist after Campbell was forced into bankruptcy.
"In Da Club" was one of the biggest hits on 50 Cent's blockbuster major label debt,
"Get Rich or Die Tryin'." Weinberger is represented by Miami based attorney Richard
Wolfe.

$do11a biLL$ · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2006, 10:16:46 AM »

looks like another has been is trying not to be broke anymore

Turf Hitta · « **Reply #2 on:** January 21, 2006, 01:44:22 AM »

LOL...its stupid to me, but do any of you think he has a case?

T-Dogg · « **Reply #3 on:** January 21, 2006, 02:12:05 AM »

Quote from: PE2 on January 20, 2006, 10:16:46 AM

looks like another has been is trying not to be broke anymore

KURUPTION-81 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2006, 05:40:15 AM »

www.allhiphop.com

Rapper/mogul Luther Campbell has come forward to comment on a recent copyright
infringement lawsuit filed against 50 Cent, over his hit single "In Da Club," taken
from 50 Cent's hit album Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Attorney Joseph Weinberger, owner
of Lil' Joe Records, recently filed the lawsuit in Miami federal court. Weinberger
owns the rights to solo recordings by Campbell, as well as the 2 Live Crew.
Campbell was quick to detach himself from the lawsuit, which claims 50 Cent stole
lines from Campbell's 1994 song "It's Your Birthday." "Let the record reflect that
Joe Weinberger and [Weinberger's attorney] Richard Wolfe are the individuals who
are suing 50," Campbell told AllHipHop.com. "That's all they do is go around suing
people and use our names. When they do sue people and make money on that catalogue,
neither me nor any of the 2 Live Crew members receive any money from that."