Lil Nas X is set to take a ride from the ‘Old Town Road’ to the town’s courthouse thanks to a lawsuit with a whopping $25 million tag attached.
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Reports have it music publisher The Music Force is suing the 20-year-old hitmaker and his parent company Sony Music for the use of an unauthorized sample of R&B singer Bobby Caldwell’s 1982 song ‘Carry On’ in X’s song of the same name. ‘Carry’ (which can be heard above) is featured on the rapper’s 2018 mixtape, ‘NASARATI.’
Hear Caldwell’s tune below and see if you can spot any similarities:
The Music Force not only claims the sample destroyed the value of Caldwell’s song, but was also ‘motivated by greed and malicious intent.’ Their suggested remedy? $10 million USD in damages plus an additional $15 million USD in punitive damages. Yikes!
As of time reported, Sony nor Lil Nas X have made a statement about the legal matter. Sounds a bit dramatic, but $25 million USD isn’t anything to take lightly; the hefty charge breaks down to
Should’ve know something was gonna happen. A young black gay boy with the number one song in the country, and had a big fallout with old school country fans. Here you go a lawsuit.
I dont want to agree but sharks smell success…
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I’m more curious about how the NIN is it sample in “Old Town Road” will be settled or what payout is being given to keep them on the hush since it blew up?
What are you serious? Leave this black guy alone! Let him have his moment of success
It’s not his success to have if it’s music he’s stolen from other artists. They’re the ones who deserve the credit. You can’t just STEAL what you want and claim it as your own.
you can’t steal a song if it’s on a mixtape . You know how much people do that
You can’t sue someone for a song that’s on a mixtape because they aren’t making money off of the mixtape
Y’all are a week late reporting this
and here they come https://youtu.be/oMp58oVociw
Oh my God! What a nonsense! Maybe 1 million but not 25! Hello! Where were they when he droped it, nowhere. They knew he dont have money that they can take, but now when he is a global known artist now they come with this bananas sh*t !
I thought you can sample songs on mixtapes with no problems? 25 million is definitely overdramatic
yeah…thats why they are taking damages angle. bobby caldwell’s claims will be dismissed.
Uh… forget the lawsuit… did anyone notice how Bobby Caldwell’s voice is truly an INSTRUMENT. Where is this type of voice on the radio, any genre. Musicianship
B******* ! It’s about money.
It was on a “Mixtape” and my guess the song never was up for sale. It’s free promotion for bobby caldwell, which is probably why they are trying to flip the script and claim damages. Lil Was X has the biggest song in the world now, so he’s gonna get a lot of people trying to have a slice of that pie.
“Lil nas x
This is sad. Why take all this young man’s money that he just earned?