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"Rick Ross is suing LMFAO for copyright infringement. The rapper has filed a lawsuit against the duo over a lyric used in their 2011 track &amp;#039;Party Rock Anthem&amp;#039;.   According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ross claims that the phrase &amp;quot;Every day I&amp;#039;m shufflin&amp;quot; from LMFAO&amp;#039;s hit single is imitative of his own 2006 track &amp;#039;Hustlin&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, in which he repeatedly uses the lyric &amp;quot;Everyday I&amp;#039;m hustlin&amp;#039;&amp;quot;. Ross and the song&amp;#039;s composer Jermaine Jackson have filed the case against the group - made up of uncle and nephew Redfoo and Sky Blu - at a Florida federal court over the unauthorised use of the line. The lawsuit states: &amp;quot;The use of &amp;#039;Hustlin&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in &amp;#039;Party Rock Anthem&amp;#039; is readily apparent, despite the slight change from &amp;quot;Everyday I&amp;#039;m hustlin&amp;#039;&amp;quot;\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6&amp;#039; to &amp;quot;Everyday I&amp;#039;m shufflin...&amp;#039;&amp;quot; and constitutes, inter alia, the creation of an unauthorised derivative work.&amp;quot; It also mentions that the use of the phrase &amp;quot;is an obvious attempt to capitalise on the fame and success of &amp;#039;Hustlin&amp;#039;&amp;quot;, pointing out that the lyric is even performed in a similar manner to Ross.  The lawsuit continues: &amp;quot;The phrase is so important to the success of &amp;#039;Party Rock Anthem&amp;#039;, that LMFAO launched a highly successful clothing line, Party Rock Clothing, that features the phrase on T-shirts and other clothing items.&amp;quot; Ross is asking for an injunction and statutory damages, claiming that LMFAO have ignored previous warnings over the alleged infringement. The star - real name William Roberts II - won a court ruling this week, allowing him to continue using his stage name. Ross was challenged by former drug trafficker &amp;#039;Freeway&amp;#039; Rick Ross over using his name and likeness. The rapper admitted that his namesake&amp;#039;s story had &amp;quot;grabbed him&amp;quot;, but stated that his stage name was based around his high school football nickname of &amp;quot;big boss&amp;quot;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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