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50 Cent = Swagger Jacker

mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
edited January 2006 in Strut Central
From allhiphop.com50 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 earlierrecording by Luther Campbell. Attorney Joseph Weinberger, owner of Lil' JoeRecords, 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 YourBirthday," originally released on Campbell's 1994 album "Still a Freak for Life."Weinberger once represented Campbell and obtained the copyrights to albums by the2 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.
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