QuoteA Jamaican musician filed a $300 million lawsuit against Miley Cyrus in New York on Tuesday (March 13) claiming that the singer's 2013 hit "We Can't Stop" too closely resembles the lyrics to a song he released more than 25 years ago. According to a Reuters report, Michael May (who performs as Flourgon), claims that "We Can't Stop" is similar to his 1988 hit "We Run Things," which he said has been a "favorite for lovers of reggae music worldwide" since it reached No. 1 in Jamaica.
The singer accused Miley and her label, RCA Records, of misappropriating his lyrics, which include "We run things/ Things no run we," which Cyrus sings as "We run things/ Things don't run we." Miley's song was co-written and produced by Mike Will Made-It, P-Nasty and Rock City, with Cyrus earning a songwriting credit as well; the song also credits Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick due to a sample of their iconic 1985 hit "La Di Da Di."
A spokesperson for Cyrus could not be reached for comment at press time. May sought protection for his work last year with the U.S. Copyright Office and won "formal copyright protection" in November for all musical arrangements of "We Run Things." He claims that Cyrus' song "owes the basis of its chart-topping popularity to and its highly lucrative success to plaintiff May's protected, unique, creative and original content." May's complaint, filmed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, requests a halt to all further sales and performances of "We Can't Stop," which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 2013.
Sue the shit outta this bitch Kings
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Quote from: Gilgamesh. on March 14, 2018, 11:31:35 AM
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Rock City wrote this and aren?t they Jamaican
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Quote from: HUGO on March 14, 2018, 11:41:29 AM
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Rock City wrote this and aren?t they Jamaican
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:dead: true
Now this nigga know he ain?t getting $300 Million
the song didn?t even make that much money
I hope they win tho. This what her ass get
Stupid bitch
Quote from: HUGO on March 14, 2018, 11:41:29 AM
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Rock City wrote this and aren?t they Jamaican
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Not Jamaican, but from the Caribbean. But yeah, Rock City probably penned that line.
Either way, hope he gets a big check. We Run Tings, Tings Dont Run We became a popular Jamaican saying after this song. But it's like Beyonce suing someone for saying Bootylicious in a song or Put A Ring On It. Good luck tho!
This nigga ain?t getting shit .. do you know the lawyers Miley can afford? The best of the best. Even if he has a legitimate case, and I do think his case has merit; money and power will win.
Quote from: HUGO on March 14, 2018, 11:41:29 AM
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Rock City wrote this and aren?t they Jamaican
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:plzstop: The first thing that came to my head which is why I'm 100 percent sure they stole it :kii:
Kii
Get ha
Yeah they dont own that line
If thats the the case put your hands in the air and wave em.like u dont care
Should have sparked many lawsuits