Louisiana rapper Boosie Badazz says heās planning to sue Rod Wave and other artists who illegally sampled his music. The Baton Rouge rap legendās comments came after fans pointed out that he was sampled by Rod Wave, and in their opinion, it was better.
The song āLong Journeyā appears on Rod Waveās fifth studio album Nostalgia which was released in September. The album features 18 tracks, and while the album hit No. 1 on Billboard, all 18 songs also charted on the Hot 100.
On Sunday, the Baton Rouge rapper said heās planning to sue a bunch of rappers who have remade his music, and he singled out Rod Waveās song āLong Journey,ā which basically remakes his song of the same name off of his album āIncarceratedā released in 2010. Rod Wave uses the lyrics and the beat of Boosieās song, but the Baton Rouge rapper has not received any credit for the track.
Boosie says his lawyer is ready to go after artists who are sampling him.
Rod Wave
āRod Wave aināt the only one. Yāall better do yāall researchā¦. I done got paperwork on the way. A lot of people bruh, it aināt just Rod Wave and its crazy cause all of em on same song,ā the rapper said in a video on Instagram.
Boosie also said he was not upset and believed it was the right thing to do and it was ājust business.ā
āNah I aināt in my feelings, Iām smiling, I aināt mad, I love when they do that sh*t,ā the Baton Rouge rapper said. āWhen I hear people done took my sh*t and singing my sh*t and put it on record. They giving me my flowers, you know. I be liking that shit when I hear it. Itās just you gotta compensate me too, itās a business. Just like you do everyone else. They supposed to reach out and be like man, we need to give you a writerās share no cap.ā
Boosie also lashed out at the artists who illegally sampled his music but wouldnāt reach out for a collaboration.
āLot of artists sampling my sh*t but I aināt even get a feature. People donāt think Iām a businessman, saying the exact thing I said but they wonāt do that to a white artist, they wonāt do that to another artist, just Boosie so Iām coming back for all that,ā Boosie said adding that he has five situations where his music was sampled.
āThey figured Iām too gangster to file a lawsuit? [Thatās] copyright lawsuitā¦this aināt some Marvin Gaye v Robin Thicke type sh*t, every word they took,ā Boosie said, laughing.
