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Rick Ross is suing EDM duo LMFAO for copyright infringement, accusing the pair of stealing his lyrics to coin 'Party Rock Anthem' lyric "Everyday I'm shufflin'".
Ross claims the offending lyric, taken from the uncle and nephew duo's all conquering and highly irritating 2011 track 'Party Rock Anthem' is highly derivative of the lyrics used in his own 2006 song 'Hustlin'', in which he repeats the refrain "Everyday I'm hustlin'".
The lawsuit, filed by Ross and the song's composer Jermaine Jackson, reads: "The use of 'Hustlin'' in 'Party Rock Anthem' is readily apparent, despite the slight change from "Everyday I'm hustlin'"…' to "Everyday I'm shufflin...'" and constitutes, inter alia, the creation of an unauthorised derivative work."
LMFAO, AKA Redfoo and Sky Blu, are also accused of performing the lyric in a similar style to Ross, and that they have used the phrase as "an obvious attempt to capitalise on the fame and success of 'Hustlin'".
It also points out LMFAO have launched a successful clothing line Party Rock Clothing, off the back of the supposedly stolen catchphrase, which is emblazoned on "t shirts and other clothing items".
Watch the videos for Rick Ross' 'Hustlin' and LMFAO's 'Party Rock Anthem' below:
It's out of one court case and straight into another for rapper Ross, who this week won a court ruling allowing him to keep his stage name. Former drugs kingpin Rick "Freeway" Ross had accused the rapper, real name William Roberts II, of stealing his name and persona to further his career.
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