Lil (Alleged) Copycat
Lil’ Wayne’s lawyers entered a court filing Dec. 16 requesting a judge extend a Dec. 19 deadline for turning over documents related to a lawsuit filed against the rapper in May.
Photo: AP Photo / Chris Pizzello
Lil’ Wayne arrives at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards held at Paramount Pictures Studio Lot in Los Angeles.
Lil’ Wayne was sued for copyright infringement with a suit that claims the rapper didn’t have permission to sample the song “Once” by singer Karma-Ann Swanepoel in his song “I Feel Like Dying.”
The suit claims Cash Money Records, the rapper’s label, failed to negotiate a license to use Swanepoel’s song before millions of fans downloaded the tune in question.
The documents were requested by lawyers for the company that published Swanepoel’s song.
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