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They're accused of “stealing the beat” from YasminahIt's been reported that this is the second time the poet has sued the singerDaft Punk and The Weeknd – real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye – are reportedly being sued by Somali-American poet Yasminah for ‘ripping off’ her song ‘Hooyo’. In the $5 million lawsuit, Yasminah accuses the French duo and Tesfaye of “stealing the beat” for their track, ‘Starboy’. She also accuses them of using the “same hook, same […]The post The Weeknd and Daft Punk are being sued over claims they ‘ripped off’ a poet on ‘Starboy’ appeared first on NME.
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Vampire Weekend’s “Diane Young” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” placed second and third, respectively, in our poll for 2013′s Song Of The Summer — both were devoured whole by Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” — so perhaps as a way of ...
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Listening to some of this summer’s bigger songs, about a million listeners have drawn some quick conclusions: Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” sounds like Michael Jackson, Kanye West’s “Black Skinhead” sounds like Marilyn Manson. And at a recent show in Charlotte, mash-up master Girl T...
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