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Black Eyed Peas & Daddy Yankee Hit With Lawsuit Over Alleged Illegal Sample From ‘Scatman’ Song
Black Eyed Peas and Daddy Yankee face a lawsuit over allegations that they illegally sampled from classic 90s song "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)."
The Black Eyed Peas and Daddy Yankee are facing a lawsuit over allegations that they illegally sampled from classic 90s song “Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)” — a case that claims the artists “simply lied” in order to “avoid paying a larger licensing fee.” The lawsuit, premised on Astley’s likeness rights, raised big questions about sound-alike songs and sampling, but the dispute was settled on confidential terms in September. Taboo, will.i.am, and APL.DE.AP of Black Eyed Peas attend iHeartRadio 106.1 KISS FM's Jingle Ball 2022 presented by Capital One at Dickies Arena on November 29, 2022 in Fort Worth, Texas.
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