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Legal
50 Cent accused of beat theft
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 17 December 2010
50 Cent has been accused of copyright infringement and served with a lawsuit telling him so. Rapper Tyrone Simmons, aka Caliber, claims that he owns the exclusive rights to use the beat that forms the instrumental part of Fiddy’s ‘I Get Money’, which was produced by Apex. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in New York, claims that Universal’s Aftermath Entertainment, G-Unit and Shady Records, along with 50 Cent, all knowingly infringed Simmons’ copyright.
Simmons’ lawyer Louis Tambaro said in a statement: “The misappropriation of copyright-protected material is an endemic problem in the music business, and particularly in the genre of hip hop/rap. This is one such case. Our client was granted exclusive rights to the ‘I Get Money’ instrumental and was unceremoniously cut out of the loop when the defendants realised they had a huge hit on their hands”.
The lawsuit is seeking undisclosed damages.
