Robert “Lord Finesse” Hall has also sued, the website which initially made the mixtape available for download upon its release as well as the independent label of Rostrum Records which signed Mac Miller in 2010.Īs of the time the suit was filed, the music video for Mac’s “ Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza” had been viewed over 24 million times on YouTube while his K.I.D.S. which was the song that’s mostly credited as initially getting Mac attention as an artist when he first hit the scene. The suit states that the case is “about a teenage rapper – Mac Miller -copying the music from a song written, produced and performed by Lord Finesse, a Hip-Hop legend, changing the title and then distributing it under his own name in order to launch his music career.”įinesses’ “ Hip 2 the Game” was the same beat used on Mac’s “ Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza” from K.I.D.S.
The rapper has seen immense success since the release of his first mixtape, K.I.D.S., hit the internet in 2010. rap crew Lord Finesse is suing Mac Miller for $10 million for reportedly using the beat to his 1995 song “ Hip 2 the Game,” which the producer claims essentially launched the 20-year old Pittsburgh native’s career.Īccording to reports, the $10 million suit, which alleges “copyright infringement, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, interference, deceptive trade practices, and a number of related state law claims, was filed in a New York federal court on Monday (July 9) against Mac Miller, Rostrum Records, and. (AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop icon, producer and founder of the D.I.T.C.
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