According to the news, rapper Lil’ Kim – who left prison last month – is being sued for plagiarism by a Jamaican reggae singer Tanya Stephens who claims Lil’ copied her lyrics for her last album. More exactly the reggae singer is suing the hip-hop star for taking a song for 2005 release The Naked Truth, saying that lyrics of Kim’s track Durty are almost exactly like her song Mi And Mi God, recorded in Jamaica and released in 1997. It seems Kim even adopts a West Indian accent for the song. The hip-hop star Lil’ Kim, real name Kimberly Jones, has made in past no secret of her admiration for Tanya Stephens’ work. The suit was filed in Manhattan federal court last week and the singer is claiming rights to the song, as well as all past and future royalties, reports the New York Post.
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ANOTHER BITCH TRYING TO HOLD A GOOD BITCH DOWN DONT LET EM MA YOU KNOW THE TRUTH AS WELL AS I DO LOVE YA KIM
lil kim keep doing ya thang mama you need to keep ya head and keep doin tha damn thang you my gurl and i cant wait until that album drop love ya
Tanya who?
it’s a damn shame… Tanya been out before Lil Kim, touch pon di scene; and for her to steal her work, is just disrespectful it’s one thing to admire someone’s work, to steal it and claim it to be your own, is just another level of disrespect and lack of talent and originality.
lol
Lil Kim is proving herself to be a talentless fraud. Tanya Stephens is the most lyrically entertaining artist to come around in decades. She gives.viewpoints from every concieveable aspect of life. Lil Kim’s right to admore her…any real music lover or person with a life would. But those of you who support her stealing another persons work show what you’re made of.