LMFAO Gives Rick Ross Two Options Over “Hustlin'” Beef [Video]

Written By S. Samuel

Music duo LMFAO's Redfoo is ready to give rap star Rick Ross an opportunity to talk things out after going at him with a serious lawsuit earlier this year.

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According to Redfoo, he is prepared to head to court but would like to offer Ross a chance to walk away from the situation withouth a nasty trial.

Redfoo is giving Rick Ross two options — either sit down with him and settle their lawsuit or prepare for legal defeat. As TMZ first reported, LMFAO has fired back at Ross — who is suing the group claiming they stole lyrics from him for their HUGE hit, “Party Rock Anthem.” The group admits to playing off a lyric of Ross’ from a few years back, but claims that’s just part of the music biz. A very tipsy and talkative Redfoo told our photog outside DBA in Hollywood … if he and Ross have a face-to-face they can clear up any misunderstanding. Translation — Ross would end up folding like a cheap suit. (TMZ)

Buzz behind Ricky Rozay going after LMFAO over a copyright infringement issue surfaced last winter.

At issue is LMFAO’s chart-topping 2010 song “Party Rock Anthem,” which contains the phrase “Everyday I’m shufflin’ ” in the chorus. Ross says he got there first on his own chart-topper “Hustlin’,” which contains the lyric “Everyday I’m hustlin’.” The song was released on Ross’ 2006 debut album, Port of Miami. According to a lawsuit filed in Florida federal court, “The use of ‘Hustlin’ ‘ in ‘Party Rock Anthem’ is readily apparent, despite the slight change from ‘Everyday I’m hustlin’ …’ to ‘Everyday I’m shufflin’ …’ and constitutes, inter alia, the creation of an unauthorized derivative work.” (The Hollywood Reporter)

Ross’ lawsuit also accused LMFAO of trying to make bank off of his hit 2006 record.

It’s further alleged by the plaintiffs that the phrase is “performed in a manner to sound like” Ross’ own, and “is an obvious attempt to capitalize on the fame and success of Hustlin’. “The phrase is so important to the success of ‘Party Rock Anthem,’ that LMFAO launched a highly successful clothing line, Party Rock Clothing, that features the phrase on T-shirts and other clothing items,” says the lawsuit. (Billboard)

A few months back, the “Bawse” made headlines after winning a big lawsuit against former drug kingpin Freeway Ricky Ross.

The news of Ross’ suit, interestingly enough, comes on the heels of a judge throwing out an appeal of a case filed by the actual gangster and drug kingpin, “Freeway” Rick Ross, who claimed the rapper, real name William Leonard Roberts, stole his name, as The Los Angeles Times recently reported. Back in March, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge threw out the suit, claiming the former gangster had no case. And while another judge opened up the case on appeal, he ultimately decided to dismiss it on First Amendment grounds, ruling that while Roberts had borrowed elements of Ross’ real life to construct his persona, they were ultimately “transformative” and didn’t comprise his entire hip-hop identity. (Rolling Stone)

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Written by S. Samuel

Steven Samuel is the co-founder of SOHH.com.

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