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Maybach Music Group head Rick Ross is reportedly willing to sit down with former music duo LMFAO to clear the air on a publicized lawsuit.
Despite Ross’ peace-seeking initiative, reports claim artist RedFoo is holding up the talks.
The meeting is set for later this month, but in the docs Ross says RedFoo is keeping his old partner (and nephew) Sky Blu in the dark about the sit-down. Further, Ross says Sky trashed his uncle in a deposition, where he said the real reason LMFAO broke up was RedFoo’s refusal to keep him in the loop. Ross is worried RedFoo is trying to cut Sky Blu out of whatever agreement they might reach in this case. He’s demanding all parties attend the meeting in person. (TMZ)
Check out what song Rick Ross thinks LMFAO is jacking on the next page…
Last year, reports claimed LMFAO tagged Ricky Rozay’s drug references as reason enough to ditch the lawsuit.
Rick Ross promotes living a dangerous life of selling cocaine to make tons of cash in his song, says the pop duo LMFAO—who are demanding his copyright infringement lawsuit against them be dismissed! RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned from explosive court papers that LMFAO is pushing back in the music feud gone wild. (RadarOnline)
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, “Hustlin’.”
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)
