Rick Ross sued club music masterminds LMFAO in 2014 for interpolating his phrase “Everyday I’m hustling” into their 2011 hit “Party Rock Anthem.”
It’s a pretty reasonable complaint if you think about it, most like to think of the “Party Rock Anthem” line as a fond tribute to Ross from Redfoo and SkyBlu instead of theft.
According to SPIN.com, a judge in Florida dismissed Ross’ case in 2016 due to the fact that the rapper apparently didn’t have an adequate copyright for the song, and also that Ross didn’t have an “ownership interest in the exclusive right to prepare derivative works for the musical composition ‘Hustlin,’” in the words of Judge Kathleen Williams.
How did the case return back to the courts? Read more from SPIN’s article; click here.
