skippy the bush kangaroo

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

grandma sues eminem

our friend rose sends us this bit from the smoking gun, which tells of the widow of a veteran movie composer suing rapper eminem for unauthorized use of one of her husband's tunes:

a 70-year-old california grandmother is suing eminem over the rapper's unauthorized sampling of a musical piece authored by the woman's late husband, a veteran movie composer. in a federal court lawsuit filed last month, harlene stein alleges that the rap star (real name: marshall mathers) used a piece of one of her husband ronald's compositions on "guilty conscience," a cut from the rapper's acclaimed 1999 debut "the slim shady lp." the stein instrumental composition at the lawsuit's center is titled "pigs go home" and is part of his score for getting straight, a 1970 film starring elliott gould and candice bergen (what's next, 50 cent sampling "papa, can you hear me?" from yentl?).

posted by skippy at 12:15 PM |