Abstract
- Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar are being sued by Rodney O over pattern royalties
- Rodney O claims no clearance for the model with model and lack of writing credit score
- Metro Boomin’s rep states the pattern was cleared and that they’d paid $50,000 USD
Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar are going through a lawsuit over their 2024 collab “Like That.” Rodney O, whose “Eternal Bass” is sampled, alleges that he isn’t receiving his royalties from the Drake and J. Cole-aimed diss monitor.
Authorized paperwork obtained by TMZ Hip Hop state that whereas Epic Data did attain out to Rodney O to strike a deal, the label didn’t obtain full clearance to launch the model with Dot. He added that no one checked with him if he had any relationship with Drake, and that he was not given his writing credit score when the music was nominated for the GRAMMYs.
Rodney O can also be suing Barry White’s property, as his samples was included in Ye’s “Like That” remix.
Metro Boomin’s rep instructed TMZ Hip Hop, nonetheless, that pattern obtained the clearance it wanted. They assert that in addition they paid a complete of $50,000 USD to make use of the monitor legally. The producer’s rep add that Rodney O’s actual difficulty needs to be with the property of White, who would be the one holding on to the royalties.
“Like That” appeared on Future and Metro’s joint studio album WE DON’T TRUST YOU. It went on to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart, and obtained the Finest Rap Track and Finest Rap Efficiency nominations on the GRAMMYs.
