July 2008
Lil Wayne Sued For Stones Copyright Breach
A music publishing company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones' song "Play With Fire" sued rapper Lil Wayne
May 2008
Kanye West, record labels sued over jazz samples
The lawsuit said all the rappers used portions of Farrell's 1974 musical composition "Upon This Rock" in three separate songs -- West in "Gone," Common in "Chi-City" and Method Man and Redman in their song "Run 4 Cover."
November 2007
Why hasn't Diddy tried to save music sampling?
Why would Combs, one of the biggest names in hip-hop, fail to defend sampling? Maybe it was simply inadvertence. Maybe it was a strategic decision. Or maybe it was more calculating.
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