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Lil Dust – Fallin’ Back
Lil Dust’s third single, “Fallin’ Back”, lands a visual courtesy of Wade McClelland. The Joaquin produced hit is fetured on Dust’s debut mixtape, “In Dust We Trust” https://youtu.be/IaD1ugNA4i8 All the way from Dunedin, New Zealand, Lil Dust writing raps when he was 20. Inspired by artists and acts he grew up listening to such as Wu-Tang Clan, Big L, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, Denzel Curry and Three 6 Mafia. He first started recording himself via home studio mid-way through 2017 and has since released a critically acclaimed 8 track mixtape titled “In Dust We Trust”. Along with it, he has released various accompanying music videos and local features which showcase…
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Eminem to Donate Lawsuit Proceeds to Hurricane Relief
On Wednesday (Oct. 25) it was reported that New Zealand’s National Party would have to award the publishing company Eight Mile Style about $415K, after using a song similar to “Lose Yourself” in a 2014 advert. Now, one of Em’s rep has said that the Detroit rapper will be donating all of those proceeds to hurricane relief. The rep was sure to clarify that Eminem did not file the lawsuit against the government himself, “Eminem was not a party to this lawsuit nor was he consulted regarding the case. Any monetary settlement he receives from it will be donated to hurricane relief. He encourages the plaintiffs, 8 Mile Style, to…
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New Zealand Political Party Forced to Pay Eminem $415K
In a decision that legal experts say may spell out doom for so-called ‘sound-alike music,’ a New Zealand judge has ordered the country’s main conservative political party to pay Eminem’s publisher for their use of a song that closely mimics the 8-Mile song “Lose Yourself,” during a 2014 campaign run. The National Party purchased a tune called “Eminem-esque” from the stock music library, Beatbox, for its parallels to the movie-score track. Beatbox is known for selling well-known tunes that are tweaked in an attempt to avoid lawsuits over breach of copyright laws. Publisher, Eight Mile Style, learned of TNP’s use of the tune on more than 100 occasions to help…
