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Producers Of Tupac Biopic File $10 Million Lawsuit Against Film Studio

To the dismay of Hip Hop fans everywhere, our beloved legendary Tupac’s long awaited biopic WILL NOT be hitting the theatres anytime soon.

According to All Hip Hop:

The producers of Tupac’s biopic are about to go head-to-head in a court battle. According to Billboard, the production company Emmett Furla Oasis has filed a lawsuit against Morgan Creek Productions for setting a budget and production schedule and selecting a leading star without their approval. Emmett Furla is seeking $10 million in damages.

Randall Emmett and George Furla say the film had been stalled until they came on board in 2013. When Emmett and Furla became apart of the film, their agreement with Morgan Creek Productions stated that the production budget would not exceed $30 million, they would be included in the approval of the production schedule and would have full control over who would be the director and leading man.

Emmett and Furla claim that they arranged a deal with Open Roads Films for the biopic but Morgan Creek rejected it initially, only to return to them and sign a deal. This violated the production agreement. Morgan Creek also suddenly rushed Emmett/Furla to produce evidence that they could pay for half of the film’s budget or risk not being a part of the film after the success of Straight Outta Compton biopic. They also wanted them to agree to new terms that were not in their original agreement and brought them a budge of $34 million. Emmett and Furla also claim that Morgan Creek was meeting with an actor that they were pursuing to play Tupac without informing them, which was apart of their agreement.

Emmett and Furla are claiming breaches of contract, breach of the implied covenant and breach of fiduciary duty.

Source All Hip Hop

Singer D.R.A.M. Feels Drake Jacked His “Cha Cha” Song For “Hotline Bling”

Ok so I generally don’t post rap/music beef on this site (unless it turns criminal) but I couldn’t help myself with this one.

“Cha Cha” singer D.R.A.M. is accusing rapper/singer Drake of jacking his song for Drake’s hit song, “Hotline Bling”.

I have heard both songs (on the radio 10,000 times) & while they are both catchy & commercial, I personally dont hear an uncanny resemblance of the two songs. But that’s just me.

True enough, they both have a super catchy salsa-esque feel, but nothing else about the two songs are overtly similar enough to substantiate any “copycat” claims. The choruses are not even remotely alike.

Apparently Mr. D.R.A.M. doesn’t share the same sentiments and took to his Twitter to let his voice be heard after performing in Drake’s hometown of Toronto.

Side note: I have no idea which song was recorded or released first but at this point does it even matter? The publicity sure can’t hurt either one right now!

If I were D.R.A.M. I would sit this one out — we have all just seen what happened last time an artist came for Drake.

Anyway, head over to All Hip Hop and peep D.R.A.M.’s tweets & compare the two songs.

***UPDATED***

Check this out: Drake Finally Responds To “Stealing” D.R.A.M.’s Cha-Cha

Here is what he told FADER Magazine about using the “Cha-Cha” beat:
“You know, like in Jamaica, you’ll have a riddim and it’s like, everyone has to do a song on that,” Drake said. “Imagine that in rap, or imagine that in R&B. Imagine if we got one beat and every single person-me, this guy, this guy, all these guys- had to do a song on that one beat. So sometimes I’ll pick a beat that’s a bit, like, sunnier, I guess is the word you used, than usual, and I just try my hand at it. And that’s kind of what ‘Hotline Bling’ was. And I loved it. It’s cool. I’ve been excited by that sort of creative process.”

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Hip-Hop Artist Lupe Fiasco Creates Nonprofit to Help Inner City Businesses

The rapper has teamed up with tech business leader Di-Ann Eisnor to create the Neighborhood Start Fund, a nonprofit organization that will provide monetary aid to projects in low-income areas.