Mary J. Blige Faces $2 Million ‘Growing Pain’ Lawsuit
By Njai Joszor
Posted on 08/08/08
Mary J. Blige has been sued for allegedly stealing music used on her latest album “Growing Pains,” including the single “Work That.”
According to recent reports, the singer who released “Growing Pains” late last year has been sued by Drama Family Entertainment Company who says the singer stole the record “Work That.”
In the lawsuit filed this week, which asks for $2 million in damages, Drama Family Entertainment claims to have suffered copyright infringement because “Work That” was created by a producer who worked for the company at the time and placed on the album without permission.
In addition to landing on the album, Blige’s “Work That” was released as a single in November of 2007 shortly after the release of an iPod commercial which featured the song.
Blige has not issued a statement regarding the lawsuit.
“Growing Pains” debuted at #2 in December of 2007, it has since been certified platinum.
I think they should sue the producer who gave them the tracks, give the proper credit to the correct producers on all further replications of the cd, give them the royalties paid to the fake producer and all royalites from here on. Mary and Kendu need to get on there people on the next project to aviod this in the future. But they do meaning the Drama team have a valid case. Sorry Mary Fans, settle for bout 550k and move forward.
Deon Lyons
8/8/2008 11:49:11 AM
Picture someone of Mary's caliber who probally has the best producers in the game throwing free tracks at her having to steal a beat from a no name producer..
