Did Lil Wayne Pull a Coldplay?

If things don't go his way in a copyright fight, Lil Wayne might feel like cryin'

By Josh Grossberg Dec 17, 2008 9:48 PMTags
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If things don't go his way, Lil Wayne might feel like crying, if not dying, of shame.

The chart-owning hip-hopster is accused of illicitly lifting the Karma-Ann Swanepoel song "Once" for his 2007 mixtape hit "Feel Like Dying."

The complaint, originally filed last May in federal court in New Orleans, claims Wayne's Cash Money Records entered into negotiations but did not ultimately secure a license to sample the South African artist before "Dying" was released online.

Lawyers for Swanepoel are now demanding the rapper fork over documents that would reveal the income generated by his track. But on Tuesday Wayne's camp filed a motion requesting the deadline be postponed.

This isn't the first time the Grammy-winning star, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., has run into copyright trouble.

Publisher Abkco Music sued Lil Wayne in federal court in July, accusing him of ripping off the Rolling Stones' "Play With Fire" on a track from Tha Carter III, the best-selling album of the year.

The latest suit comes on the heels of another copyright spat that made headlines last month after guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani sued Coldplay for outright plagiarizing a melody from his song "If I Could Fly" for their hit "Viva La Vida," allegations the British rockers deny.