Chance The Rapper has just hit a legal suit for an alleged copyright infringement.
According to Billboard, New-York based jazz musician Abdul Wali Muhammad—formerly known as Eric P. Saunders—sued the rapper for copyright infringement on Tuesday (Sept. 12).
Muhammad is suing Chance over “Windows,” which is a song he dropped on his first mixtape, titled 10 Day, back in 2012.
Tho song does appear to contain a sample of Lonnie Liston Smith’s 1980 song “Bridge Through Time.” Apparently, Muhammad filed a separate copyright claim for Smith’s song the year before in 1979.
Muhammad, who claims he reached out to the Chance team.
No comment yet form chance or team.
Listen to Chance D Rapper’s -“Windows,” :
Let’s compare with Lonnie Liston Smith sample:
You be the judge guys…!
