Rap newcomer Drake has been slapped with a lawsuit by Playboy Enterprises executives amid allegations his big hit Best I Ever Had infringes on the copyright of a song in their possession.
Lil Wayne's protege has been named in legal papers filed by bosses at Playboy Music, Inc. and Playboy Enterprises, who claim his 2009 single illegally samples the tune Fallin' In Love, made famous by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds in 1975.
In the suit, the Playboy heads claim the rapper and his producers "knew or should have reasonably known, that the sound recording was protected by copyright" and that "each Defendant continues to infringe upon Plaintiff's rights in and to the copyrighted sound recording".
Drake's label bosses at Cash Money Records and Universal have also been drawn into the lawsuit and Playboy is seeking an injunction to halt the sale and distribution of the track, and force the defendants to hand over all profits from the hit single.
They are also seeking compensation for legal costs.
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