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Akon, Bone Thugs Sued Over Stolen Beats

Posted Jul 19th 2009 1:15AM by TMZ Staff

The guys who sued Common this week for copyright infringement are now taking aim at Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Akon -- accusing them of ripping off the exact same song!

Bone Thugs & Akon
In a lawsuit filed the day after Common's, Songster, LLC -- which owns the rights to the song "When Will the Day Come" -- claims Bone, Akon and producer Swizz Beatz jacked their music for the collaboration "I Tried."

Songster is seeking unspecified damages -- no word on who they'll sue next.

Tags: akon, bone thugs n harmony, BoneThugsNHarmony, common, lawsuit, sued, swizz beatz, SwizzBeatz

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1. YO I found them

Posted at 1:17AM on Jul 19th 2009 by KING OF POPEYE

2. 1ST!

Posted at 1:19AM on Jul 19th 2009 by happymeqt1111

3. guess they need money!

Posted at 1:23AM on Jul 19th 2009 by mulishamike

4. yo dude yea # 2 yes u r # 2 two is too late try 2 be better .. # 1 this time

Posted at 1:31AM on Jul 19th 2009 by from # 1 to # 2

5. Well don't these guys look a reliable bunch! Just from the picture, I for one, would award them damages for being BUTT UGLY.

Posted at 1:32AM on Jul 19th 2009 by Chico

6. Um that song is old and they just now claim it was stolen from them? Sounds suspicious. Someone must be trying to scrape up some rent money or something. I doubt they will win these lawsuits.

Posted at 1:50AM on Jul 19th 2009 by LakersFan1118

7. Akon has yet to have a single original song. And his singing is less than mediocre. Why is he even famous????

Posted at 1:54AM on Jul 19th 2009 by Sou Sou

8. Akon is a piece of trash. Total piece of trash!!! He picks on people in the crowds and isn't even remotely talented.
Long live DMB....LONG LIVE THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND. BEST BAND IN THE WORLD WITH THE MOST TALENTED FRONT MAN EVER!!!!

Posted at 1:57AM on Jul 19th 2009 by Barack

9. Good! get that money. Artist today are so unoriginal and full of themselves..its a damn shame..

Posted at 1:58AM on Jul 19th 2009 by Moni

10. WHO GIVES A RATS ASS!!!!!

Posted at 3:25AM on Jul 19th 2009 by MindTerrorist

11. About time. I'm sick of these talentless bums "sampling" other peoples music and making money off hits they "sampled". Look at pdiddy and all the other beat stealers who rob past artist by over sampling their music.

Posted at 5:51AM on Jul 19th 2009 by about time

12. late but still on pg 1 of comments.....Suckars

Posted at 6:44AM on Jul 19th 2009 by whazzzup

13. YA PEOPLE are reallyyy tmz fanss look how u critizie them just by their apererance ya sound jus like the crew from tmz SMH

Posted at 10:29PM on Jul 19th 2009 by sovi

14. bone thugs are the greatest rap group of all time and the plp that judged them on their looks are guys that expalins alot lol and they guys that are pressign charges is not going to win

Posted at 7:56AM on Jul 19th 2009 by sovi

15. This is exactly what happens when you have no talent and can not put pen to paper and write music. How are rappers even considered musicians?

Posted at 8:01AM on Jul 19th 2009 by Steve

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