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R&B artist sues Taylor Swift for $42 million
R&B artist sues Taylor Swift for $42 million, claims she ripped off ‘Shake It Off’ lyrics
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Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate … and sometimes they'll even sue.
R&B artist Jesse Graham filed a $42 million lawsuit this week against the Grammy-winning Taylor Swift — after his request for a selfie with the singer was denied — claiming that her hit "Shake It Off" rips off a key phrase from a song he wrote in 2013.
Graham, 50, alleges that the chorus of Swift's 2014 anthem ("Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play / And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate") borrows from his slow-jam "Haters Gone Hate," which contains the phrase "Haters gonna hate, players gonna play."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=808MLaHcBs4
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Though the two songs bear little resemblance beyond that one lyrical similarity, Graham adamantly defends his case.
"Her hook is the same hook as mine," he told the Daily News on Saturday, claiming Swift uses it about 72 times in her song. "If I didn't write the song 'Haters Gone Hate,' there wouldn't be a song called 'Shake It Off.'"
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Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.2418802
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