Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar Sued Over 'Like That'
Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar have been sued over unpaid royalties relating to a sample used on Drake diss track “Like That”.
Rodney O, who’s song “Everlasting Bass” is sampled on the chart-topper, is also suing the estate of Barry White who is sampled on the “Like That” remix released by Kanye West.
Rodney is claiming that he has not been paid royalties from the song and that a proper release was never secured for the sample.
He also criticized being left off the songwriting credits for the track when it was submitted to the Grammys and that he was not given the version that featured Lamar’s inflammatory verse.
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A representative for Metro Boomin told TMZ that they did obtain the rights to the sample and paid Rodney O $50,000.
The rep also offers that Rodney’s issues should be focused on the estate of Barry White who may be holding up royalty payments through their relationship with Epic Records.
The estate of Barry White are yet to comment on the suit.
Last year, Rodney O spoke about clearing the sample for the hit song.
He said to Vibe: “It is crazy because the song was big when it came out and for it to be even bigger now all these years later, it’s crazy. I heard the song, I knew it was good, but when it comes out and the world hears it how you hear it and react to it the way you reacted to it, that’s confirmation.
“Every song that I’ve cleared, they’ve sent it to me prior and I’ve been able to check it out. A lot of people have used the same sample in the past, but when I heard [‘Like That’], I was like ‘they totally demolished it.’”
His claim that he did not hear the song in full also appears true as he said at the time: “Somebody called me the day before it came out and said, ‘Hey man, I got some news for you…I actually heard Kendrick is on that record.’”
“And I was like, “No, Kendrick ain’t on that record because I have it. Songs now they’ll be two minutes and 30 seconds, so when I heard it, I’m like, ‘That’s the whole song.’ So I said, ‘He might be on a remix or something like that,’ that’s what I’m thinking.”
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