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"&lt;iframe width=\"549\" height=\"309\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/SeIJmciN8mo?start=39\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nicki Minaj&lt;/strong&gt;'s massive hit \"&lt;strong&gt;Starships&lt;/strong&gt;\" is full-on deja vu to EDM star &lt;strong&gt;Clive Tanaka&lt;/strong&gt; -- because it sounds pretty damn identical to a song he released a year before Nicki's ... and now he's suing her over it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=\"float: right;\"&gt;&lt;!-- relatedpoll --&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Tanaka filed a federal suit in Chicago this week against Nicki, 3 writers, and the song's producer -- claiming copyright infringement on his 2011 tune ... \"&lt;strong&gt;Neu Chicago&lt;/strong&gt;.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen to a snippet of \"Starships\" ... which came out in 2012 ... and then listen to Tanaka's song (&lt;em&gt;below&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe width=\"549\" height=\"309\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/XCrRJW4d3Ps\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tanaka went so far as to edit both songs on top of each other ... and posted the end result.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only question we have is ... what took Tanaka so long to sue?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.tmz.com/2013/09/12/nicki-minjaj-starships-lawsuit-clive-tanaka/3/>