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Old 01-23-2006, 03:59 PM
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Re: G-g-g-g-nit!!! Luke Campbell sues Fiddy

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Originally posted by Steeltrap
D***, Luke, are you that publicity-hungry?

50 Cent sued for copyright infringement

Associated Press
Last updated: 2:25 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2006

MIAMI -- Rapper 50 Cent stole some of the lyrics for his 2003 hit "In Da Club" from a song by former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell, an attorney claims in a lawsuit.


Richard C. Wolfe filed the copyright infringement lawsuit against Curtis James Jackson, aka 50 Cent, in Miami federal court last week on behalf of Lil' Joe Wein Music.

Parts of "In Da Club," from the album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'", copy "It's Your Birthday," released in 1994 on Campbell's solo album "Still a Freak for Life," the lawsuit alleged.

A message left Friday for Wolfe was not immediately returned.

Lil' Joe Wein Music holds the copyright to "It's Your Birthday" and other songs Campbell produced with his rap group 2 Live Crew and as a solo artist. Lil' Joe Wein Music is owned by Joseph Weinberger, an attorney who formerly represented Campbell.


A message left Friday for Dennis Dennehy, 50 Cent's publicist, was not immediately returned.

It's not actually Luke suing. It's the attorney who owns's the song.........Luke ain't gettin' rich from this.
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