Manu Dibango has filed suit against Michael Jackson and Rihanna, accusing the pair of stealing a hook from one of his songs. The 75-year-old singer, who hails from the Republic of Cameroon, claims his 1972 song Soul Makossa was used by Jackson for his hit track Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', from his 1982 album Thriller. Click Here For More...
Jackson had reportedly reached a financial settlement with Dibango after accepting he used parts of the song, reports the Associated Press.
But the issue was revisited when pop singer Rihanna obtained Jackson's permission to use the melody on her Grammy-nominated single Please Don't Stop the Music - but failed to contact Dibango too.
According to court documents filed in Paris, France on Tuesday (03Feb09), Dibango is seeking $650,330 (500,000 Euros/£464,520) in damages.
His lawyers have also asked the courts to block record labels Sony BMG, EMI and Warner from receiving any income from the songs until courts settle the issue.
French judges will decide on 17 February (09) if Dibango's case will be heard.
Jackson had reportedly reached a financial settlement with Dibango after accepting he used parts of the song, reports the Associated Press.
But the issue was revisited when pop singer Rihanna obtained Jackson's permission to use the melody on her Grammy-nominated single Please Don't Stop the Music - but failed to contact Dibango too.
According to court documents filed in Paris, France on Tuesday (03Feb09), Dibango is seeking $650,330 (500,000 Euros/£464,520) in damages.
His lawyers have also asked the courts to block record labels Sony BMG, EMI and Warner from receiving any income from the songs until courts settle the issue.
French judges will decide on 17 February (09) if Dibango's case will be heard.
Rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs is facing legal action from an artist who accuses him of copying the design of a sculpture for his fragrance bottle. Click Here For More...
Tom Patti filed a lawsuit last week in federal court, alleging that Combs' Unforgivable scent's packaging is a rip-off of two copyrighted tabletop glass sculptures he designed in the 1980s.
Combs' gray glass bottle comes with ribbing and a glass cradle - which Patti argues is similar in style to his conceptions Modulated Solar Airframe and Compacted Gray With Clear And Ribs.
Patti is claiming unspecified damages from the star.
Combs' representatives had declined to comment over the allegations as WENN went to press.
Tom Patti filed a lawsuit last week in federal court, alleging that Combs' Unforgivable scent's packaging is a rip-off of two copyrighted tabletop glass sculptures he designed in the 1980s.
Combs' gray glass bottle comes with ribbing and a glass cradle - which Patti argues is similar in style to his conceptions Modulated Solar Airframe and Compacted Gray With Clear And Ribs.
Patti is claiming unspecified damages from the star.
Combs' representatives had declined to comment over the allegations as WENN went to press.
NOTORIOUS B.I.G.'s mother has lambasted the late star's mistress LIL' KIM - after the female MC reportedly branded the actress chosen to play her in biopic NOTORIOUS "too dark". The rapper - real name Kimberly Jones - ignited a war of words with the slain hip hop legend's mother Voletta Wallace, and his widow, Faith Evans, insisting the pair helped producers of the big screen venture portray her in a negative light. Click Here For More...
According to insider reports, Kim blasted the film's director George Tillman Jr.'s decision to cast singer-turned-actress Naturi Naughton as the pint-sized hitmaker - allegedly demanding the filmaker to choose an Asian or Hispanic actress to play her in the film.
And Wallace has backed-up the reports, stating she was disgusted after Kim branded herself a "white woman in a black woman's body".
She tells Hip Hop Weekly, "She felt the character we chose for her was too dark.
"Do you know why the character was too dark for her? Because she's a white woman trapped in a black woman's body, and you can tell the world I said it, because those are Lil' Kim's words. She should be ashamed of herself."
She adds, "Tell Lil Kim to go find herself, go drink a cup of green tea and get a life! This movie is not about Lil Kim.
"She felt we used her character to promote (the project, but) this movie is about my son... Lil' Kim needs to go sit down."
According to insider reports, Kim blasted the film's director George Tillman Jr.'s decision to cast singer-turned-actress Naturi Naughton as the pint-sized hitmaker - allegedly demanding the filmaker to choose an Asian or Hispanic actress to play her in the film.
And Wallace has backed-up the reports, stating she was disgusted after Kim branded herself a "white woman in a black woman's body".
She tells Hip Hop Weekly, "She felt the character we chose for her was too dark.
"Do you know why the character was too dark for her? Because she's a white woman trapped in a black woman's body, and you can tell the world I said it, because those are Lil' Kim's words. She should be ashamed of herself."
She adds, "Tell Lil Kim to go find herself, go drink a cup of green tea and get a life! This movie is not about Lil Kim.
"She felt we used her character to promote (the project, but) this movie is about my son... Lil' Kim needs to go sit down."
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