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Mattie Music Group vs. Top Dawg Entertainment (Kendrick Lamar) - Kendrick Lamar’s record label, Top Dawg Entertainment, was struck with a lawsuit in April of 2016 for the use of a Bill Withers sample on Lamar’s record “I Do This.” The Bill Withers sample in question is “Don’t Want You to Stay” and the accusation? Copyright infringement. Yikes! (Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for MTV)

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Justin Baker-Rhett vs. Tidal (Jay Z & Kanye West) - “Tidal” in this case refers to Jay Z and Kanye West and Justin Baker-Rhett? Justin is an angry fan who filed a class-action lawsuit against the rapper/moguls. The lawsuit is accusing the artists of misleading Tidal subscribers on the exclusivity of The Life of Pablo for the purpose of getting subscribers to the music service. Well, Kanye did say on his Twitter that TLOP was never going to be on Spotify and Apple music. That quickly dismantled when on April 1st, 2016 the ever-changing album was made available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play.  (Photos from left: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Yeezy Season 3)

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Beyoncé vs. Feyoncé - The land of Beyoncé has some strict commandments: Thou shall not pun without permission. A small Texas company would know, as they were selling T-shirts with the term “Feyoncé” imprinted on them and now they’re being sued. In April 2016, Beyoncé filed a lawsuit in Manhattan, New York, courts claiming that merchandise sold by the company had the intent of connecting the product (Feyoncé) to the worldwide superstar. The kicker in the filed suit was that the company had already been sent cease-and-desist letters from the Bey-Camp and disobeyed strict orders from the Texan Queen. No one messes with Bey. Sorry guys.Check out some more lawsuits that have had us Googling legal terms. — BET Staff and Jon Reyes (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Lil Wayne vs. Universal Music Group and SoundExchange - After making up with Birdman, Lil Wayne's legal troubles are not behind him. On March 28, 2016, the rapper filed a federal lawsuit against Universal Music Group and SoundExchange for owing him over tens of millions of dollars from profit generated from the works of artists like Drake, Nicki Minaj and Tyga, since he aided in discovering them and signed them to Young Money, a joint venture with Cash Money. UMG has responded by saying the claims are entirely without merit.    (Photo: Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Samsung)

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Rita Ora vs. Roc Nation  - Rita Ora filed a complaint on December 17, 2016, demanding that she be released from her contract with Roc Nation. Her reasons included feeling "orphaned" once the enterprise made a hard left into different ventures. While Rita has always struggled with truly breaking as an artist Stateside, it's clear that being neglected by her label didn't help her cause much either. (Photo from left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images, Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)

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The Gap Band vs. Charlie Wilson - The Gap Band, once made up of brothers Ronnie, Robert and the iconic “Uncle” Charlie Wilson, was the coolest R&B/Funk band of the '70s and '80s. The group retired in 2010, but now Ronnie Wilson wants to start it back up. He even booked dates at the legendary B.B. Kings in NYC and the Howard Theater in Washington, D.C. However Uncle Charlie is not standing for it. Once he got word of the shows, which stood to make the new Gap Band over $20K, he interfered and got both venues to pull the plug.Now Ronnie is suing for damages and requesting that Charlie be stopped from intercepting anymore coins.I guess we see who’s not their brothers' keeper... (Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Taylor Swift vs. Jesse Graham - Taylor Swift is no stranger to cranking out mega hits, but one of her most recent smashes seems to have landed her a place in court. An R&B singer by the name of Jesse Graham — real name Braham — is suing the pop star for $42 million, claiming she lifted lines from his song "Haters Gone Hate" and used them in her 2014 hit "Shake It Off." Graham says the similarities in lyrics between the two songs are uncanny and there's no way she could've come up with the lyrics on her own without hearing his words — T. Swift's lyrics read, "Haters gonna hate... players gonna play..." "Her hook is the same as mine," he said.(Photo: Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images for TAS)

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Justin Bieber and Usher vs. De Rico - Usher and his protegé Justin Bieber were both slapped with a lawsuit back in 2013 by singer Devin Copeland — stage name De Rico — who claimed that the Biebs' song "Somebody to Love" sounds a bit too similar to his song of the same name. Judge Pamela Harris, who oversaw the case, concluded that the songs' choruses were similar enough for a jury to find the songs "intrinsically similar."(Photo: ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images, Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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Suge Knight, Dr. Dre and Ice Cube vs. the Family of Terry Carter - No matter how much they distance themselves, Dr. Dre and Ice Cube keep getting tied up in Suge Knight's shenanigans. While the former Death Row head fights murder charges for running over Terry Carter with a truck back in January, Carter's widow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and some of the parties named in the case are the two members of NWA, Knight, Cle "Bone" Sloan and Universal Pictures. I guess the family knows they aren't getting much from Suge, who can't even make his bail, so they better throw the cash kings in the mix too. As Suge's web keeps weaving, check out more stars who've been engaged in big-money lawsuits.(Photos from left: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images, Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

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50 Cent vs. Rick Ross - Rozay and Fif's beef may have cooled off, but the aftershocks are still trembling. During the conflict, 50 Cent put Ross's baby mother, Lastonia Leviston, on blast when her sex tape landed in his hands. She has since filed a lawsuit against the G-Unit mogul. In a recent turn of events, 50 has now sued Rick Ross with allegations that the tape came from the Boss himself. (Photos from left: Brian Ach/Getty Images for Art For Life Gala, Ari Perilstein/Getty Images for FIJI Water)

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Damon Dash and Kanye West vs. Loisaidas - B.I.G. said it best, "Mo' money, mo' problems."In the latest celebrity lawsuits, Kanye West and Damon Dash are accused of stealing the title for their action crime drama, Loisaidas. Michael Medina, of a Latin music group of the same name, claims the two executive producers not only stole, but are tarnishing their image because the film depicts drugs and violence. He says he's been using the name, which is also slang for New York’s Lower East Side, since 2008.(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Drake vs. SpectiCast - Drake was hit with a lawsuit on Wednesday for #protectingthefans from the movie Drake’s Homecoming: The Lost Footage, which is expected to premiere in Houston this week. The producers claim he agreed to film his 2009 Toronto's Sound Academy performance for $15,000 plus 15 percent in royalties and that he's upset because he wants some more.(Photo: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

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Mac Miller vs. Aquarian Dream - Mac Miller allegedly didn't clear a sample for the song "Therapy" off his 2014 mixtape Faces. According to the suit, Mac lifted '70s soul/funk band Aquarian Dream's "Yesterday (Was So Nice Today)" and the song's been downloaded over 700,000 times from his site OldJewish.com alone. The plantiffs are looking for at least $150 thousand in damages.(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine vs. Monster - The ink was barely dry on Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine's multi-billion dollar deal before their former business partner, Monster CEO Noel Lee, hit Apple Inc.’s Beats Electronics, Dre, Jimmy and smartphone company HTC with a lawsuit claiming that Beats “fraudulently acquired” the Beats by Dr. Dre line of headphones through a “sham transaction” with HTC. (Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

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Eminem vs. HotStylz's Raydio G  - Slim Shady has been hit with an $8 million lawsuit for apparently not clearing a sample for his 2013 platinum-selling single “Rap God.” Raydio G of the Chicago-based group HotStylz (who were signed to Yung Joc's Swagg Team Entertainment/Jive/RCA Records) filed the lawsuit claiming that it borrows heavily from the group’s 2007 hit “Lookin’ Boy.” Check out a side-by-side listen here.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for MTV)

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Beyoncé, Jay Z and Timbaland vs. Mitsou - Beyoncé, Jay Z and Timbaland have been hit with a lawsuit claiming that their 2013 platinum-selling hit “Drunk in Love” was lifted from Mitsou's (a.k.a. Monika Miczura) 1995 Hungarian folk song “Bajba, Bajba Pelem.” Miczura said she never approved the sample, according to TMZ, and that the Carters butchered her song about hopelessness and turned it into a track “to evoke foreign eroticism.”She’s suing for unspecified damages. (Photos from left: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images, Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com, Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images)

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DJ Mustard vs. Mike Free - DJ Mustard has been hit with a lawsuit from fellow beat-maker Mike Free, who, according to TMZ, claims to have written, recorded and composed the soundtrack for Tyga's smash hit "Rack City," and that Mustard's taken all the credit.Free says that he and his one-time childhood friend made a pack to share the wealth because he "had a ton of tracks" and Mustard "had the connections to sell them." Among the other tracks Free says he is due credit and compensation for are "I'm Different" (2 Chainz), "Don't Tell 'Em" (Jeremih), "Party Ain't a Party" (Jamie Foxx) and "I Don't F**k With You" (Big Sean). (Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images for Electus Digital)

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50 Cent vs. Sleek Audio - 50 Cent was once in business with Sleek Audio before venturing off and creating his own brand, SMS Audio, and Sleek Audio sued, claiming Fif stole their design. An arbitrator sided with Sleek Audio and awarded them $16,181,578. A Florida judge upheld the ruling and raised the amount owed to $17,247,426 for interest and legal fees.Sleek Audio has now filed documents in order to seize 50’s property in New York and the rap titan is now fighting that as well as appealing the original judgment. (Photo: David Becker/Getty Images)

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Beyoncé vs. Ahmad Javon Lane - With the Internet still abuzz from Beyoncé announcing the platinum-edition box set of her self-titled LP, TMZ reports that there's a lawsuit pending against Queen Bey.A vocalist claims that Bey's "XO" song (included in the collection) is a ripoff because he wrote a song called "XOXO" and gave it to a fellow background singer who then must've handed it off to Bey. Have a listen here. He's demanding $3 million.(Photo: Courtesy of Columbia Records)

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Game vs. Dream Team Entertainment LLC - An entertainment company reportedly filed a $75,000 failure-to-perform lawsuit against Game. The Compton rapper was slated to take the stage at the Kentucky Derby but apparently canceled because — prepare to clutch your pearls — he wasn't headlining.(Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for 2K)

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Lil Wayne vs. Ramon "REO" Owen - Lil Wayne may have to ante up some of his Young Money Cash Money billions. Producer Ramon "REO" Owen is suing Weezy for not paying out his portion of the earnings for the hit song "Mirror," featuring Bruno Mars. It has so far sold some 2 million copies, and according to TMZ, REO claims that a contract he signed proves he's owed at least $91,000.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for BET)

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Bishop T.D. Jakes vs. Jeezy - Bishop T.D. Jake has filed a lawsuit against Young Jeezy over a remix to his single "Holy Ghost," featuring Kendrick Lamar. The Bishop claims the Snowman didn't clear the excerpts from his sermon “Don’t Let the Chatter Stop You."(Photos from Left: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images, Earl Gibson III/WireImage)

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Eminem vs. the National Party of New Zealand - Eminem and his publishing company are suing the National Party in New Zealand after Prime Minister John Key used Em's Grammy and Academy awards-winning 2003 song "Lose Yourself" in a re-election campaign ad without permission. Additionally the suit includes that Em and his camp plan to seek damages for copyright infringement.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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9gotti vs. Kanye West, Diddy, Rick Ross - Atlanta rapper 9gotti wants Kanye West, Diddy and Rick Ross to step into the ring over an as yet unreleased French Montana track. His label, Chinga Chang, doesn't want the song to come out and sent a cease-and-desist letter accusing the trio of a "druken oversight," calling Diddy a music thief and suggesting the Bawse should know better because he was an ex-correctional officer, reports TMZ. The original song named in the suit is "Gucci Mane," of course.(Photos from left: Marc Piasecki/GC Images, Niki Nikolova/GC Images, Shareif Ziyadat/FilmMagic)

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Eric Reed and Willie Jones III vs. Kendrick Lamar - Celebrated jazz drummer Willie Jones III and pianist Eric Reed are suing Kendrick Lamar for $1 million, claiming that the lush horn loop in his breakthrough Section.80 song, "Rigamortus," is an uncredited, unpaid lift of Jones's song, "The Thorn," from his album The Next Phase. The two musicians will also take their share in profits and rights to the song, if the courts allow.(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Anheuser-Busch)

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Joel McDonald vs. Jay Z, Frank Ocean and Kanye West - Joel McDonald has a beef. The musician sued Jay Z, Kanye West and Frank Ocean for allegedly using his song "Made in America" without his permission for a track of the same name off Jay and 'Ye's 2011 album, Watch the Throne. McDonald wants $3 million.(Photos from Left: Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood Entertainment, Mats Andersson/WENN.com, Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

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Damon Dash vs. Lee Daniels - Dame Dash filed a lawsuit claiming that film director Lee Daniels owes him a minimum of $25 million.Dame invested in Daniel's career earlier on, supplying funds for films like The Woodsman and Shadowboxer and claims he was never reimbursed. He also claims he was slighted from executive producer credits and money for other projects like Precious and The Butler.(Photos from Left: Theo Wargo/Getty Images, Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

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The Alan Parsons Project vs. Kendrick Lamar - Even hip hop's prodigal nephew can get sued. Kendrick Lamar was recently named in a suit for his Section.80 track "Keisha's Song (Her Pain)," released in 2011. Woolfsongs Limited claims he didn't get proper clearance from the Alan Parsons Project for use of their tune "Old & Wise." That's not to say, however, that K-Dot actually sampled the U.K. rock band (leave that dispute to the lawyers).(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

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Young Money vs. YoungMoney.com - The dot-com real estate boom of the turn of the century continued at least until 2011 when Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment reportedly paid upwards of $600,000 for their domain name and online web portal to everything YMCMB. A company known as YoungMoney.com had already owned the site, using it as a platform for cultivating budding entrepreneurs, and are now claiming that YMCMB owes another $250,000 in their payment plan or risk repossession.(Photo: Kevin Mazur/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Katy Perry vs. Flame - Katy Perry was named in a suit for allegedly unlawfully lifting her "Dark Horse" hit from "Joyful Noise," a song found on the Grammy-nominated album Our World Redeemed, released in 2008. Flame (a.k.a. Marcus Tyrone Gray), the track's lead vocalist, alongside Lecrae and John Reilly, claim that Perry's 2013 song featuring Juicy J not only borrowed from the beat, but then desecrated it with "witchcraft, paganism, black magic, and Illuminati imagery." The plaintiffs are seeking all the monies gained from the "unauthorized use," which could be considerable considering it was atop the Billboard charts for weeks and its video has over 435 million views on YouTube.(Photos from Left: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images, Clear Sight Music)

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Drave vs. the Jimmy Smith Estate - Drake is reportedly being sued for upwards of $300K over a 35 second clip in the intro of his "Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2" song featuring Jay Z. The monologue uses a sample credited in his Nothing Was the Same liner notes as being picked up from the 1982 song "Jimmy Smith Rap." The only problem is Jimmy Smith's estate claims permission was never given to use the sample. That could be an expensive oversight on Drizzle's part. More on this as it devlops.(Photo: Sonia Hall/Splash News)

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Frank Ocean vs. TufAmerica - Frank Ocean's "Super Rich Kids" may cost him a lot of trouble. Record label TufAmerica is suing the singer's label and parent company, Universal Music Group and Vivendi, respectively, claiming unauthorized use of a sample of Mary J. Blige's "Real Love" in the song.(Photo: Mats Andersson/WENN.com)

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Dr. Dre vs. Death Row - Dr. Dre's got a message for whoever currently holds Death Row's interests: he's owed approximately $3 million from the now bankrupt label that he helped build to its legendary status in hip hop history. Dre sued The Row for unpaid royalties, digital sales and failure to bump his percentage up two points to 20%, as he was once promised.(Photo: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Beats by Dre)

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Jay Z vs. Dr. Francois de Cassagnol - Dr. Francois de Cassagnol went after approximately $600M from Jay Z for his hand in the Brooklyn Nets' trademark. According to a lawsuit filed by Cassagnol, Dec. 9, 2013, the doctor claims that he registered the Nets' trademark more than 10 years ago in Louisiana and that Jay and his NBA folks have been blocking his use of it. He also claims that the Nets are "one of the worst" teams on the market, to add insult to his injury.(Photo: Lionel Urman / Splash News)

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Tyrone Davis vs. David Banner  - Soul singer Tyrone Davis is suing David Banner, Ludacris and Marsha Ambrosius for Banner's song "Be With You," off his 2010 release Death of a Popstar, reports TMZ. Davis says the song sounds too much like his 1979 track "Be With Me." (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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Rick Ross vs. LMFAO - Rick Ross is suing LMFAO over their 2011 "Party Rock Anthem" song. He says their "everyday I'm shufflin'" line is a direct bite of the "everyday I'm hustlin'" hook off his debut single, "Hustlin'," circa 2006. Rozay wants to be compensated for the 7.5 million units they pushed of their song, plus some for the merchandising and licensing deals they made using the catch phrase.(Photo: Alberto Reyes/WENN.com)

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Kanye West vs. Ricky Spicer - The work of a 12-year-old singer helped Kanye West climb the Billboard charts with his single "Bound 2." Now that child performer is claiming that he never authorized the use of his voice on the song. Ricky Spicer, now 56-years-old, has filed a lawsuit against West claiming that the uncleared sample came from the 1970s song "Bound" by The Ponderosa Twins plus One. (Photo: Courtesy of UMG)

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Jay Z vs. TufAmeirca Inc. - There's a toll to pay when you "Run This Town," says a new lawsuit brought by TufAmerica Inc. against Jay Z, Roc-a-Fella and Atlantic Records for his 2009 song featuring Rihanna and Kanye West. The filing alleges that Jay sampled Eddie Bo's 1969 "Hook & Sling" multiple times — without clearance — and marks the third time Jay's faced TufAmerica for infringement. The company has sued him twice before (and, notably, has sued West over the same Eddie Bo song — used in a different Yeezy song — in a separate suit).(Photo: Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

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Nina Simone vs. HTC Corporation - The family of Nina Simone is suing HTC Corporation, a Taiwanese smartphone creator, for use of those famed train-sounding piano chords she plays at the beginning of her "Sinnerman." According to the suit, HTC did not get clearance and the estate wants at least $1 million.(Photo: Ian Showell/Getty Images)

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Nicki Minaj vs. Clive Tanaka - Clive Tanaka, a reclusive musician, has sued YMCMB first lady Nicki Minaj, accusing the Barb and her writers of stealing the composition for her dance/pop hit "Starships." The Japanese artist filed the copyright infringement lawsuit in Chicago's U.S. District Court, claiming uncredited sampling of his song "Neu Chicago," which was picked up for T.V. ads by a retailer and a beverage in Sweden, where some of Nicki's collaborators may have resided at the time.(Photo: Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

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Robin Thicke vs. Marvin Gaye Estate - In a pre-emptive strike against the famliy of Marvin Gaye, Robin Thicke filed a lawsuit to get a ruling that his massive hit "Blurred Lines" does not infringe upon any copyright claims to Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" and George Clinton's "Sexy Ways" (the family also owns rights to some of the Funkadelic's catalogue). The Gaye family has yet to respond with legal action, but reports circulated that Thicke offered them a six-figured payout deal, which they declined.(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

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Lil Kim vs. Andrew Ro - Lil Kim's former business manager, Andrew Ro, sued the rapper for $15 million worth of damages. He claims she was an uncooperative client. Prior to that, the Notorious K-I-M sent him a cease-and-decist letter, claiming he was looping her into bad licensing deals.(Photo: Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com)

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Alicia Keys vs. Earl Shuman - Earl Shuman, credited with co-writing the popular 1960's song, "Lonely Boy," sued Alicia Keys for mimicking certain melodic intonations when she sings the words "lonely girl" in her "Girl on Fire." The suit was settled; the terms, undisclosed to the public.(Photo:  Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Frank Ocean vs. Micha Otano - Songwriter/producer Micah Otano filed suit against Odd Future crooner Frank Ocean over production work on Ocean’s "Lost." Otano says the singer/songwriter never gave him credit or compensation for his work on the record which is featured on Franks’ breakout debut, Channel Orange. According to the suit, Otano co-produced the song that was originally titled "Daylight," but when the name switched to "Lost" the producer was never given credit for his production work.(Photo by Jeff Vespa/WireImage)

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Pharrell vs. Diageo North America - Pharrell Williams filed a $5 million suit against Diageo North America over their failed Qream liquor partnership. Skateboard P alleged that Diageo shut down Qream without warning in July 2012 after two years of misguided promotions. Additionally, the suit says the company produced faulty bottle tops that impacted bartenders' and "consumers' willingness to use the product." (Photo: Julien M. Hekimian/Getty Images)

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Tyga vs. Alissa Rae Ross, Azia Davis and Elizabeth Velasquez - Tyga was sued by three models who appeared in his freaky video for "Make It Nasty." Alissa Rae Ross, Azia Davis, and Elizabeth Velasquez filed lawsuits in late December, claiming that the explicit version of the video shows their exposed breasts, despite the fact that the casting ad stated, "There will be no nudity involved in the video.” According to the suits, the models were asked  to appear topless in some scenes, but were told that their nipples would be covered or edited out. Now they’re suing the young Money rapper for breach of contract, invasion of privacy and fraud.(Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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Naughty By Nature vs. Sugar Hill Records - Naughty By Nature's classic 1991 single "Uptown Anthem" is at the center of a new lawsuit. Legendary old school rap label Sugar Hill is suing Warner/Chapell, co-owner of the track, claiming that the song samples "That's the Joint" by the Funky 4 Plus 1 without permission. (Photo: Joe Kohen/Getty Images)

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Rick Ross vs. SM Global Union - Rick Ross is being sued by SM Global Union for $226,000. The concert promotion company claimed that Ross had agreed to perform for an hour in Charlotte, N.C., in March, but that he walked off stage after just 15 minutes.(Photo: Chris McKay/Getty Images for BET)

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Game vs. 40 Glocc - 40 Glocc is striking back at archrival Game over their infamous videotaped brawl in July. Glocc is suing Game over the beatdown he received — he says Game's 15-man crew jumped him and pulled a gun on him. But the clip doesn't show that, which is why the suit also sought compensation for harm to Glocc's rep, claiming that the tape was edited to make him look like a coward.  (Photos from left: Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images, Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

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Game vs. Infamous - Back stateside, Game was sued by producer Infamous, who alleged that the Compton rapper used one of his beats without his consent, on the song "Skate On" from the mixtape California Republic. Infamous went for $100,000 compensation in the suit.  (Photo: Valerie Macon/Getty Images)

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Kanye West vs. TufAmerica - Before they sued Jay in 2013 for "Run This Town," record label TufAmerica sued Kanye West, claiming he illegally sampled New Orleans legend Eddie Bo's 1969 song "Hook and Sling, Part 1" — which the label owns the rights to — on "Who Will Survive in America?" and "Lost in the World" from West's 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.  (Photo: DLM Press, PacificCoastNews.com)

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Kanye West and Common vs. Joe Farrell - In May 2008, Kathleen Firrantello, daughter of late jazz legend Joe Farrell, filed a lawsuit against Kanye West, Common, Method Man, Redman and Universal Music Group for unlawfully using portions of her father's 1974 song "Upon This Rock." Apparently, the track was sampled in three different songs without proper approval, including West's "Gone," off 2005's Late Registration, Common's "Chi-City," off 2005's Be (which was produced by West) and "Run 4 Cover," a track from Method Man and Redman's 1999 album Blackout.(Photo: Getty Images)

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Kanye West vs. Vince P - Harder, better, faster, stolen? In June 2010, Virginia rapper Vince P claimed that Kanye West jacked some of the lyrics for his 2007 track "Stronger" from him. Vince sued Roc-A-Fella and UMG Recordings for copyright infringement and asked that they be stopped from selling, distributing or performing the song in addition to paying an unspecified amount in damages. West's lawyers asked that the case be dismissed since the songs were not similar enough to warrant Vince P's claim. An Illinois judge agreed, and the case was thrown out on March 3, 2011. (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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Bobby Poindexter vs. Kanye West - Talk about "late registration." Kanye West was also sued for an uncleared sample from a mixtape from all the way back in 2006. Bobby Poindexter of the classic soul group the Persuaders sued West in 2011 for sampling their song "Trying Girls Out" on his remake of Jay Z's "Girls, Girls, Girls," featured on the mixtape Freshman Adjustment 2.(Photo: Frank Micelotta/Fox/PictureGroup)

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The Throne vs. Syl Johnson - Jay Z and Kanye West paid homage to an old soul great in sampling Otis Redding on thier hit single "Otis," but another soul vet, Syl Johnson, said the duo didn't do him right. Johnson sued the Watch the Throne partners, claiming illegally sampling his song "Is It Because I'm Black" on the WTT track, "The Joy."(Photos from left: Tabatha Fireman/Redferns, Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)

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Jay Z vs. Dwayne Walker - Jay Z was sued in 2011 by Dwayne Walker, a New York City clothing designer who insisted that Jay and his former Roc-A-Fella record label partners owe him $7 million in unpaid royalties for designing their famous label logo.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images For BET)

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Jay Z vs. Patrick White - Hov was also sued for copyright infringement in 2011. But no, not for this rhymes — for his book, Decoded. In a hand-written lawsuit filed June 13 in Los Angeles, writer Patrick White accused Jay Z of plagiarizing his words for his best-selling book. "In 2009, my personal computer was compromised, resulting in my personal work to be used in Jay Z's book 'Decoded' which was released in 2010," White claims in the suit. "The book contains various expressions/colors/phrases which correlates to my work. After contacting or attempting to contact the co-aurthor, I got no reply." (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

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Jay Z and Timbaland vs. Baligah Hamdy Estate - More than decade after their big hit single "Big Pimpin'" dropped, rapper Jay Z and the song's producer, Timbaland, were sued for a sample that may not have been cleared properly. The track borrows from Baligh Hamdy's "Khosra, Khosra," and although Tim and Jay did obtain permission to reproduce and perform the song, Hamdy's children, who inherited the rights to the song, argued that the hip hop artists did not have the necessary rights for sampling and looping. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Wire Images)

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Jay Z vs. Mike Shand - Hov's Manhattan sports club, 40/40, sued chef Mike Shand, who was hired to cook for the club, after being Jay's tour chef, for a cool $1.5 million. According to the federal suit, Shand "failed to perform on significant aspects" of a deal to refurbish the menu for 40/40's $10 million reopening earlier this year, "costing the club lost profits, loss of good will [and] alienation of clientele." The suit was dropped.  (Photo: AP/File)

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Young Money vs Drew and Infamous - Weezy and Young Money faced several lawsuits too. YM was sued by two music producers who claim they’re owed royalty money. Andrews "Drew" Correa says he inked a deal with YME in 2008 to make beats for YME, and his work ended up on Weezy’s Tha Carter III, Re-Birth and I'm Not a Human Being and Birdman’s Priceless. Though he did receive some royalities initially, the checks soon stopped coming. Marcos "Infamous" Rodriguez, in a separate suit, alleged he had similar problems after signing a deal with the label in 2007. (Photo: REUTERS /JEFF HAYNES /LANDOV)

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Lil Wayne vs. QD III - Lil Wayne sued producer Quincy Jones III (aka QD III, the man behind the acclaimed Beef series), claiming he used his music without permission in a documentary about him, The Carter. It seems Lil Wayne cooperated with the filming of the doc, as he let cameras to follow him around, but he alleged they never asked about using songs like "Lollipop" and "A Milli." Lil Wayne had already sued the filmmakers before, claiming the documentary was a "scandalous portrayal" of him. (Photos from left: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images, Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

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Flo Rida vs. ADT - Flo Rida better hope enterprising burglars don't read the news. Security company ADT is suing Flo for failure to pay the bill for the 2009 installation of a high-end security system, which included dozens of sensors, smoke detectors, and more than two dozen security cameras. The "Right Round" rapper reportedly paid an initial deposit of $19,366.66, but still owed $47,134.40. Flo Rida, meanwhile, claimed he never authorized the installation in the first place.  (Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for NCLR)

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Soulja Boy vs. Bobbiye Sullinger and Herman Flowers - Soulja Boy was on the receiving end of twin lawsuits after a car accident. Driver Bobbiye Sullinger and passenger Herman Flowers filed a joint suit against Soulja for medical expenses, loss of income, and property damage that allegedly occurred after Soulja's Bentley hit their Chevy in L.A. The pair also claimed the rapper defamed them in a Youtube video in which Soulja called Bobbiye a racist and a liar because she accused him of stealing his whip.  (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Drake and Aspire vs. James "Jas" Prince - James "Jas" Prince — famed for discovering Drake and introducing him to Lil Wayne — sued Aspire, the Canadian rap star's management team, claiming they owe him compensation from an agreement he signed with them in 2009. Prince also sought to prevent Drake from renegotiating his record deal with Young Money, which he said would affect his finances even further.  (Photo: PacificCoastNews.com)

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Justin Bieber vs. Stacey Wilson Betts - Justin Bieber was sued for $9.23 million in damages by an Oregon woman. According to the suit, Stacey Wilson Betts was with her daughter at Bieber's show in Portland, Oregon on July 14, 2010, when she was hit by a "sound blast" caused by screaming fans in a Biebz-induced frenzy, leaving her with permanent ear damage.(Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

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Mac Miller vs. Lord Finesse - Veteran MC-producer Lord Finesse hit Mac Miller with a $10 million lawsuit. Mac jacked the instrumental for Finesse's 1995 single "Hip 2 Da Game" for his 2010 single "Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza," and Finesse claimed he didn't receive any compensation.  (Photos from left: John Ricard / BET, Lord finesse via Facebook)

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Lil Wayne vs. Deezle - New Orleans producer Deezle claimed that he's owed approximately $20 million for producing "Lollipop" (co-produced by Jim Jonsin), "Whip It," "Prostitute 2," "Action," "Mrs. Officer" and "Let the Beat Build" off Wayne's classic Tha Carter III album. Weezy ultimately settled out of court, paying up $20 million to the producer.(Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

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50 Cent vs. Bobby Poindexter - In April 2012, Robert Poindexter of The Persuader's filed a lawsuit against 50 Cent for using an uncleared sample of the group's "Love Gonna Pack Up and Walk Away" for his track "Redrum" off his War Angel LP.(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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Curren$y vs. Damon Dash - Curren$y' sued Dame Dash, his former label boss, for releasing some of his music without permission. Dash dropped two of Spitta's albums in 2010 via his DD172 imprint, but apparently the paperwork was never completed, and the Nawlins rapper wasn't happy about it.(Photos: Warner Bros. Records; Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)

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Drake vs. Ericka Lee - A woman by the name of Ericka Lee alleged that she and Drake had a romantic and business partnership that resulted in his hit song "Marvin's Room," off of Take Care. Lee claims that she's the female phone caller featured in the song, and is demanding that she be named co-writer and given the appropriate royalties. (Photo: C Flanigan/FilmMagic)

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Cash Money vs. EMI - EMI wants a piece of Cash Money's cash money. The music-biz giant sued the Nawlins-based label for failing to make good on a previous $1.5 million settlement stemming from unpaid music licenses on Lil Wayne's 2008 magnum opus Tha Carter III.  (Photo: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images)

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The Black-Eyed Peas vs. Phoenix Phenom - Score for the Black Eyed Peas. The hitmaking quartet emerged victorious in a copyright lawsuit filed by a singer who claimed the group plagiarized their hit song “Boom Boom Pow.” Chicago's Phoenix Phenom, born Ebony Latrice Batts, charged that the Peas stole her "Boom Dynamite" after her track was submitted to their label, Interscope Records. But the judge presiding over the case ruled that while the songs were indeed similar, they were not similar enough to grant a judgment to Phoenix. (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

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Max Gregory Warren vs. Wiz Khalifa  - Pennsylvania songwriter Max Gregory Warren sued Pittsburgh rep Wiz Khalifa over his breakthrough hit single "Black and Yellow." Warren claims that prior to copyrighting his own "Pink N Yellow" song in February 2008, Wiz, producer Stargate and his label Rostrum Records stole the song. He's seeking 2.3 million. (photo: John Ricard / BET)

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Usher vs. Ernest Lee Straughter   - Seven years after Usher's "Burn," the second single off his classic 2004 album Confessions, was released, songwriter Ernest Lee Straughter decided to lay claim on the song. In a suit filed in a California Court on September 18, 2011, Straughter claims Usher and producer Jermaine Dupri borrowed heavily from his 1998 song "No More Pain." (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Jim Jones vs. Christopher R. Liggio  - Music producer Christopher R. Liggio filed suit against rapper Jim Jones in a New York Federal court for sampling a song without permission. Although Liggio was credited in the liner notes for the track "Changing the Locks," which sampled one of his tracks, he said he was never asked for permission. (Photo:  Scott Gries/PictureGroup)

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Lil Wayne vs. Rich Rick - Adding to the laundry lists of artists, producers and music industry-related figures suing Lil Wayne, rapper Rich Rick filed suit against the Young Money General in L.A. Superior Court in August 2011. Claiming that he is the rightful owner of the beat used for Weezy's single, "How to Love," Rick sought royalties in addition to 10 percent interest. (Photo: Aaron Gilbert / WENN.com)

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Lauryn Hill vs. Jay Gore - Hill was sued by the guitarist in a Los Angeles small claims court for the $3,590 that he claimed she owed him for work he did back in 2007.(Photo: Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)

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Outkast vs. Rosa Parks - Legendary civil rights figure Rosa Parks filed suit against Atlanta rap duo OutKast in 1999 for their hit song "Rosa Parks," off their third studio album, Aquemini. The case was initially thrown out but then sent to an appeals court. Ultimately, the case was settled in 2005 when the group members and record labels agreed to work with the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development to educate young people about Rosa Parks's role in American history. Outkast also voluntarily participated in the creation of a tribute CD to Parks.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Lauryn Hill vs. New Ark - Just weeks before the Grammy nominations would be announced, New Ark, a team of musicians who assisted Lauryn Hill in penning those classic songs, cast a shadow over Hill's seminal solo debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. New Ark filed suit claiming that they deserved a larger share of songwriting and production credit. Although Hill, then 23, was listed as the primary writer and producer of all the songs, and said in a statement that the suit was "without any merit whatsoever," she ultimately settled out of court for $5 million in February 2001. (Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for CBGB)

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Drake vs. Playboy - U.S. District Judge Margeret M. Morrow dismissed a 2010 copyright infringement case Playboy Enterprise Inc. filed against Drake and his label Cash Money/Universal. The suit claimed that "Best I Ever Had," the rapper's breakthrough single off his popular So Far Gone EP, unlawfully sampled the 1975 song "Fallin' in Love" by the group Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds. The now-defunct label still owns the rights to the song and agreed to an undisclosed settlement.(Photo: Jeff Daly/PictureGroup)

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Destiny's Child vs. Ricky Allen - Chicago singer-songwriter Rickey Allen sued Destiny's Child group members for allegedly ripping off his "Cater 2 U" song. Allen claimed that he had given the song, which had already been copyrighted in the '90s, to producer Maurice Joshua, and that he in turn covered it with DC for their 2004 version of "Cater 2 U" for their album Destiny Fulfilled. Although Joshua maintained that he never got a copy of Allen's song, the trio settled out of court with the songwriter. (Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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Mary J. Blige vs. Jay Ballard and Kim Jones - Songwriters Jay Ballard and Kim Jones filed suit against Mary J. Blige in a California court in July 2010, claiming that Blige and popular production team The Clutch, which includes Keri Hilson, stole their song "Take Me as I Am." The duo claimed the song was originally released in 1995.(Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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Lady Gaga vs. Rob Fusari - Lady Gaga's ex-boyfriend Rob Fusari, who co-wrote Gaga's "Paparazzi," sued her for $30 million, claiming that he discovered her and gave her the name Lady Gaga. The songwriter, who'd previously written Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" and Destiny's Child's "Bootylicious," said he was promised a portion of the pop star's merchandising and revenue and that she's contractually obligated to pay up at least 20 percent of the profits from her companies Team Love Child and Mermaid Music. Gaga responded with a countersuit claiming that Fusari tricked her into signing an illegal contract. Both Fusari and Gaga dropped their lawsuits against one another.(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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John Legend vs. Anthony Stokes - Singer Anthony Stokes filed a lawsuit claiming Legend stole a song from him after he handed his demo to him after a concert. Stokes says Legend promised to listen to the song but never got back to him. Then in 2006 he heard a song titled "Maxine's Interlude," which sounded a bit too close to his "Where Are You Now?" Stokes sought an unspecified amount of damages.(Photo: Scott Gries/PictureGroup)