Clearance Rack: 10 Producers Who’ve Been Sued Over Samples - Page 10

will.i.am
Last December P-Funk general George Clinton began litigation proceeding against the Black Eyed Peas for copyright infringement for their use of a sample from his 1979 track “Not Just Knee Deep.” Clinton claims he rejected their initial request to sample the song, but producer will.i.am used the sample anyway for the BEP song “Shut Up.”