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01-20-2006, 03:42 PM
50 Cent has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over his hit single “In Da Club,” claiming the lyrics to the song were lifted from an earlier recording by Luther Campbell. Attorney Joseph Weinberger, owner of Lil’ Joe Records, filed the lawsuit in Miami federal court, claiming 50's famous "Go shorty, it's your birthday" lines were actually lifted from Campbell’s song “It’s Your Birthday,” which was originally released on Campbell's 1994 album Still a Freak for Life. Weinberger once represented Campbell and obtained the copyrights to albums by the 2 Live Crew and Luke as a solo artist after Campbell was forced into bankruptcy. “In Da Club” was one of the biggest hits on 50 Cent’s blockbuster major label debt, Get Rich or Die Tryin’. Weinberger is represented by Miami based attorney Richard Wolfe.
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