Justin Timberlake and will.i.am are reportedly being sued for using the old disco track by Perry Kibble titled “A New Day Is Here At Last” for their 2006 collaboration “Damn Girl.” According to PK Music Performance they own the rights to Kibble’s song and “Damn Girl” samples a large portion of the song including. They say everything from the drum beats, guitar riffs, organ and saxophone was jacked from “A New Day Is Here At Last.” The song was written in 1969 and recorded by J.C. Davis. PK Music snatched up the rights to the song when Kibble died in 1999.
According to TMZ reports, PK Music is suing for its cut of JT and Will.i.am’s profits, and are requesting all copies of “Damn Girl” be delivered to them for destruction.
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