Ice Spice is hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over ‘In Ha Temper,’ by a Brooklyn rapper who says the music is ‘strikingly comparable’ to his earlier observe — which she and her producer allegedly had loads of alternatives to have heard.
Have you ever actually made it as a younger musician should you haven’t been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit? Ice Spice is dealing with a swimsuit filed by a Brooklyn rapper who alleges that her hit “In Ha Temper” was copied from his earlier observe, insisting that she and her producer RIOTUSA would undoubtedly have heard it.
On Wednesday, January 17, Duval Chamberlain, also referred to as rapper D. Chamberz, filed a criticism in Brooklyn federal court docket, with allegations that Ice Spice’s 2023 hit is “strikingly comparable” to his 2021 music “In That Temper.” His swimsuit names Ice Spice (authorized identify Isis Naija Gaston) as a defendant, alongside her frequent producer, RIOTUSA (Ephrem Lopez, Jr.), Common Music Group, Capitol Data, and 10K Tasks.
“By each technique of research, ‘In Ha Temper’ is a forgery,” Chamberlain’s attorneys write. “Any correct comparative evaluation of the beat, lyrics, hook, rhythmic construction, metrical placement, and narrative context will show that ‘In Ha Temper’ was copied or principally derived from ‘In That Temper.’”
D. Chamberz’ observe was launched about 18 months earlier than Ice Spice’s “In Ha Temper,” which reached No. 58 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 and No. 18 on the US Sizzling R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart. “In Ha Temper” was included on Ice Spice’s debut EP, “Like..?”
“Non-expert listeners have independently identified that Defendants ‘stole’ ‘In That Temper’ in creating ‘In Ha Temper,’” Chamberlain’s legal professionals assert. “The 2 songs clearly make use of quite a few noticeably comparable composition parts and lyrics, which lead to a sound and really feel which can be very a lot alike.”
The swimsuit explains that, as a copyright infringement lawsuit should present that the defendant had entry to the unique work to be able to have copied it, D. Chamberz had shared his observe to his Instagram followers, with the music getting “important airplay” on New York Metropolis radio stations like Sizzling 97 and Energy 105.1.
One occasion is cited during which producer RIOTUSA allegedly posted an Instagram story of him listening to Sizzling 97 “lower than two minutes” earlier than D. Chamberz’s music was performed on the air. Additional, attorneys for Chamberlain level out that RIOTUSA’s father is a widely known NYC radio character, DJ Enuff, who hosts a present on Sizzling 97 and “actively engaged with D. Chamberz’s social media content material.”
Because of this, the lawsuit asserts that “it’s possible — or on the very least, moderately potential” that Ice Spice and the opposite defendants had heard the sooner work previous to the creation of “In Ha Temper.”