DX News Bits: DJ Kay Slay, Shane Sparks
12.22.09 | by Edwin Ortiz
DJ Kay Slay has been slapped with a lawsuit concerning copyright infringement over a 2004 record.
The track in question is “Angels Around Me,” which was featured on Slay’s album Streetsweepers Vol. 2: The Pain From The Game. Songwriters Raymond and Richard Grant allege Kay Slay used a sample of their song, which also shares the same title, without their permission.
Loud Records and Sony BMG Music were also named in the lawsuit.
In other news, celebrity choreographer Shane Sparks was released from jail on Monday after posting his $590,000 bail cost. He still faces eight counts of child molestation.
Police records obtained by KTTV Fox News 11 in Los Angeles state the girl was 12 when the sexual encounters began in 1994, which would mean Sparks was around 24-years-old during this first encounter.
He has denied the charges through his attorney Steve Meister, who believes the accusers are attempting to exploit Sparks. “I think they’re bogus, I think they’re lies, I think this whole case reeks of opportunism and exploitation. I have total confidence in my clients’ innocence and that we’re going to prevail,” Meister said.
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.10321/title.dx-news-bits-dj-kay-slay-shane-sparks
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