Sugar Hill Gang sues the Beasties
The Sugar Hill Gang sued the Beastie Boys on Tuesday, accusing their fellow rappers of illegally using portions of Sugar Hill’s “Rapper’s Delight” on their new CD, “To the 5 Boroughs.”
The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, says the Beastie Boys’ song “Triple Trouble” infringes the Sugar Hill Gang’s copyright. The Beastie Boys “credited the sample on the album but they never had a license,” said the Sugar Hill Gang’s attorney, James Cinque.
Ken Anderson, an attorney for the Beastie Boys, said they hadn’t been served with the suit, “and we would have no comment in any event.”
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