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09-16-2007, 08:29 AM
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50 Cent and Lil' Kim's track appeared on her third album
A New York record producer has taken legal action against 50 Cent and Lil' Kim, claiming he is owed royalties from a song the rappers performed together.
Carlos Evans alleges his requests for royalties on the 2003 track Magic Stick have been ignored by Atlantic Records.
50 Cent's representative, however, said Mr Evans would be paid once a sample he used had been licensed and paid for.
Magic Stick appeared on Lil' Kim's 2003 album La Bella Mafia and reached number two in the Billboard Hot 100.
Mr Evans claims he was supposed to receive a $7,500 (£3,700) advance plus royalties for producing, engineering and mixing the track.
Damages
In court papers filed at Manhattan's state Supreme Court, however, he alleges he received nothing beyond the initial advance from Rotten Apple Records, a subsidiary of Atlantic.
Mr Evans, who calls himself Phantom of the Beat is seeking $2m (£1m) damages.
Theodore Sedlmayr, Rotten Apple's lawyer, told the Associated Press (AP) news agency Mr Evans would receive what he was entitled to once Atlantic had "straightened out" the accounting.
An Atlantic Records spokesman told AP the company did not comment on pending litigation.
BBC
50 Cent and Lil' Kim's track appeared on her third album
A New York record producer has taken legal action against 50 Cent and Lil' Kim, claiming he is owed royalties from a song the rappers performed together.
Carlos Evans alleges his requests for royalties on the 2003 track Magic Stick have been ignored by Atlantic Records.
50 Cent's representative, however, said Mr Evans would be paid once a sample he used had been licensed and paid for.
Magic Stick appeared on Lil' Kim's 2003 album La Bella Mafia and reached number two in the Billboard Hot 100.
Mr Evans claims he was supposed to receive a $7,500 (£3,700) advance plus royalties for producing, engineering and mixing the track.
Damages
In court papers filed at Manhattan's state Supreme Court, however, he alleges he received nothing beyond the initial advance from Rotten Apple Records, a subsidiary of Atlantic.
Mr Evans, who calls himself Phantom of the Beat is seeking $2m (£1m) damages.
Theodore Sedlmayr, Rotten Apple's lawyer, told the Associated Press (AP) news agency Mr Evans would receive what he was entitled to once Atlantic had "straightened out" the accounting.
An Atlantic Records spokesman told AP the company did not comment on pending litigation.
BBC