(EXCLUSIVE) Sir Mix-A-Lot: I Don’t Owe Ex Partner a DIME For Nicki Minaj Sampling My Music!

The two started working on music with Ford as the DJ in the tracks and he even worked on the rappers debut album including the hit song “Baby Got Back“. He claimed over the years he continued to work with Sir Mix A-Lot and even toured with him on occasions. However, after 7 years of working together they ceased working together.

Ford explained that he never had a written agreement with the rapper for their work. He claims that he was shocked to find out that Sir Mix A-Lot obtained copyrights to all the songs and said he was the sole artist who created the music.

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The lawsuit said that recently “Baby Got Back” was sampled in Nicki Minaj’s song ‘Anaconda’ and it caused him to investigate why he wasn’t asked for permission for the song to be used. His investigation led him to the copyrights that Sir Mix A-Lot filed that didn’t include his name. He filed suit and demanded all accounting of the profits Sir Mix-A-Lot made from the songs he worked on with him and all records for money he made by sampling Minaj’s ‘Anaconda’.

Then on June 2nd, Six Mix-A-Lot fired back at Ford’s legal battle over allegedly unpaid royalties claiming he isn’t owed a dime for the hit song “Baby Got Back” along with the various other songs he claimed to work on and doesn’t deserve a cut of the profits from Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda”.

The rapper explains that all copyrights he registered are valid and list him as the author NOT Ford and legally he says Ford only had 5 years after the copyright was registered to contest it which he didn’t. He points out he won a Grammy for the ‘Baby Got Back” in 1993 and there is no way Ford could not have know about not being listed on the copyright until last year.

Further, the rapper says “scratching” isn’t unique to Ford – who claimed he provided it on numerous of Sir Mix-A-Lot’s songs – and therefore he cannot claim he provided something meaningful to the tracks.

Lastly, he says that his former music partner never signed any agreement with him about royalties or payment for songs he worked on. Therefore, he is demanding the entire lawsuit be thrown out.

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