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Looks like Weezy and the YMCMB will be doing the “Court House Rock” soon. The crew have been hit with a lawsuit to the tune of a whopping 15 MILLION over their wildly popular 2009 hit, Bedrock. Details after the jump.
(AHH) – Rapper Lil’ Wayne has been hit with a $15,000,000 lawsuit over the hit single “BedRock.†Done Deal Enterprises, based in Waynesboro, Georgia, filed a lawsuit against Lil Wayne, Young Money Records, and Cash Money Records, in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, over the song. The lawsuit, which was filed on August 1st, claims that the rapper stole their copyrighted tune “BedRock,†and incorporated it into the track of the same name, that was eventually featured on the compilation album We Are Young Money. We Are Young Money peaked at #1 on the Billboard Rap charts upon its release in December of 2009. The Young Money version of the tune featured guest appearances by Drake, Nicki Minaj, Lloyd, Tyga, Gudda Gudda, Jae Millz and was originally produced by Kane Beatz. The rapper and his counsel have been directed to appear in court on October 12th, 2011.
