Bone Thugs, Akon, Swizz Beatz Sued Over "I Tried"

Popular Hip-Hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, producer Swizz Beatz and R&B singer Akon have been hit with a lawsuit by a Texas-based music publisher.   Songster, which is located in Fort Worth, Texas, filed the lawsuit in the Central District of California yesterday (July 14).   The company claims the Bone Thug's lead single from their 2007 album Strength and Loyalty illegally lifted portions of the 1978 track "When The Day Will Come (aka KRSNA)" by group Rasa.   The lawsuit...(read more)

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