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P. Diddy Under Fire for Publishing Royalties

Saturday, January 28, 2006
By: Michael Ivey


Lauryn HillProducers and writers responsible for Bad Boy hits such as "One More Chance," "Dead Wrong" and "Sky's the Limit" are reportedly planning a lawsuit against CEO Sean "P. Diddy" Combs over unpaid royalties. "This is not personal against Puff [Combs]," said Lord Finesse of D.I.T.C. fame, "This is just a royalty and publishing situation."

Producers such as Clark Kent, Easy Moe Bee and Buckwild claim they haven’t received publishing royalties in about ten years. There’s no word on how much damages the artists will seek, but individuals involved claim they are owed for writing or producing "Whoa!," "I Love the Dough," "Flava In Ya Ear," "Warning," "Get Down," "I Need a Girl," "Been Around the World," "Missing You," "Born Again," and many other songs.

Bad Boy Records has yet to respond to the accusations. The label released "Notorious B.I.G. Duets" through Atlantic Records this Fall. The album peaked at #3 earlier this month and is #8 on the Billboard Top 200.



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emphasis23 says:
Rofl puff is a joke

Kalliope4eva says:
I make beats and it would have been a honor to have big bless one of my tracks as long as i get credit because it could launch your career. Like tha neptunes making beats for mase, n.o.r.e. Etc. And other producers doing it too...but i always felt like puff wasnt s*** because these dudes probably feel like it was enuff that they didnt get paid the first two albums (ready to die and life after death) but puff released three more cd's with big (duets, re'released ready to die remastered, and i forget the name of the cd with dead wrong on it)its kinda like puffy killing them because its like he keep putting out joints with big that he aint gonna pay those producers for. Thats foul.....then he aint gotta pay big either....its like hes the artist and he made tha cd. Only ones he had to pay on this one was the artist who featured (and you know they would have took anything to be on big cd). But reading this it looks like they did have rights to some of the songs. I wanna see if puff squirm outta this one.....(((thinking to myself, if he beat a dayem murda rap you know hes gonna get outta this))))

brn2succeed says:
Man they could have gone about that better than man they could have called puff on the personal level and handled that puff aint even sweatin them

KDW5747 says:
I think that puff needs to just step up to the plate and do what he knows is the right thing to do. I have not really been able to see eye to eye with puff though. Especially since he believes that biggie was the best thing that rapper dead or alive which was so not true. Tupac was no matter what anyone says. Biggie was not even on pac's level so the comparison is just ridiculous. Biggie was a great rapper.....but that is all he was. Pac was so much more than than that . A rapper, poet, actor, screenplay writer. He was a revolutionary. So much more to him than just what the eyes could see.

50centSucksdotcom says:
^^^born2succeed you dont think they did that already dummy..you're a fduckin idiot. Anyway puf been buring nergoes since long time ago so this is part of his shdit..puf is gonna get his in the end you can count on that. Look how he does everybody dirty...it's all good though...puff cant be caught without bodyguards...he's playin to many people. Anf fduck camron...that pink wearin gay azz ndigga

50centSucksdotcom says:
^pardon i'm a lil drunk

Sun Tzu says:
I posted this on the forums last week haha

Da ruckus says:
What goes around comes around..

mrblue says:
Kdw im so proud of you

DOLLAZ says:
Finally! finally! finally! they finally brought this sh*t to the light if yall know like i know this been along time coming and the puff can't talk his way out of this one! i promise this is going to get very ugly!

jonnyclay says:
Diddy is gonna have their careers when his done with them one thing about diddy "u don't mess wit his repiutation"aka $

lyrical plebian says:
Puff is a jackass..

sfiso says:
Puffy needs to stop being greedy and give credit where is due, easy moe bee is one of the cats that really change the face of hiphop and he need to be credited for his work.

Spiltmilk says:
Back door deal, ya won't hear sh*t again, puff gonna sweep this sh*t quick......question?.....why they bringing it up now? money right...they all crying over spiltmilk again...lol......note: if you are a producer...read the fine print before you go and give your work to some money hungry record label's or other A**hole artist who don't give a sh*t about nothin' but them......they should let him stick his royalties, all up in his ass, let him hold that, ungratefull mothaF*cka......

Wily says:
I don't care what none of ya'll say, puffy be the most iceiest n*gga out. If them producers is as good as they think, they wouldn't be crying 10 years down the line, hollerin' bout "wheres my money?" n*gga.....

chele05 says:
That damn "ho-mo" is a crook everybody lie, steal, and cheat to get to the top and only girls act like they can't own up to shiesty things we do so what do that make him???? be a man cut that check and keep it moving since he's so " the iceiest" and he needs take care of family since he claimed biggie was his "brotha from anotha motha"

cense251 says:
First off i am sick of all this ignorant young n*ggaz and Bia'chez lending their comments to sh*t they know nothing of. First of all hip hop is not a F*ck*ng flossin, dressing, or thug/gansta contest. Your skills isnt measaure by so called street cred or records sales. Its measured by skills, love, and passion for the game. Puff would not have employed theses legends to work with him if they didnt have none of the above mentioned three. Nor is this the first time puffy has been in a dispute with an artist of his wheter financially or other wise. Puff need to stop playing games and give n*ggaz what is thiers. And one more thing stop with the 2 pac n biggie tip riding. First off the two had very different styles and 2nd neither was felt as hard until this west v east sh*t/where people took sides-and after thier deaths thats when all this legend and worlds greatest rapper dik riding sh*t began. Shouts to the tru fathers- kool herc - bam- fearless 4 cold crush- funky four plus one more- melle mel- bdp-eric b rakim-juice krew- main source- native tounge click- setsa sonic- nwa- too short- quick- geto boyz- nice n smooth- gang starr- lyte- ditc- {jazzy jeff n prince- kid n play kwame} special ed- and all the cats who rocked from the 70s to the mid 90s- all these rappers now suck!- with expection to the underground! and i dont care who got hip hop now new york city had & has and did it first. This is where hip hop will always live! one cense251 - uptown nyc- bronx 1980!

Spiltmilk says:
Yes cense.....large up!.........tell dem straight......1

MISTA WILL says:
I dont see why this is a suprise to anybody. Pufff barely made a song without usin a sample, so basically his whole career is based on stealin from people and then F*ck*n them over. These cats should have saw this comin a long time ago.

cense251 says:
Yea werd! good look spilt milk. Some one has to drop some science. Im tired of this people coming on tv or online talking non sense. Thinking that platinum grills, dubs on trucks, model Bia'chez and felony charges makes a succesful rapper. Futher more these yungings and "so called new rap fans". Do not respect the culture, the lengends, the music, or the lifestyle. These are the people who minds are controlled by corporations to think that nelly and d4l is real hip hop. Hip hop was a tool for social change, but its used today to seperate us from the art we've created and each other. I guess if that cant get us one way/ they'll get us another. Niggaz better wake up!

Black Congress says:
Puff needs god!!!!!!

says:
Damn dis nugga always in some shyt

Wily says:
Eric b? melle mel? juice krew? what the F*ck? you a granpa "cense251?" and what, spitmilk your main Bia'ch? if you want these n*ggaz to get paid...you pay them n*gga! keep your sceince for nasa Bia'ch. Holla.

DocV says:
Cense251, i was feeling you until now. I'm a 24 year old but that don't mean i don't know history. On the subject though puff got hella prollems. Anyway you have to be some one whose 35-40 and is a proud native of the east coast. No disrespect for east coast cats but ya'll really bug like roaches i'm serious. Look at the 60s dog, thatz when hiphop came out. It was the watts prohpets who started this. See back then rap wasn't commercialized, it was used to fight back against injustice like the panthers. East coast dudes just came along and put a commercial stamp on it so it can be transplanted to media. This inevitably led to the commercailization u see now! so stop this eastcoast praise that leads to guys startin sh*t! rep your hood its okay, but like the late tookie williams said let's stop glorifying ourselves and start rebuilding communities that this very same culture of narsicm, drugs, sex and violence helped destroy!


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