Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), opens new tab is facing a new lawsuit in New York federal court over an allegedly unauthorized sample in hip-hop soul singer Mary J. Blige’s 1992 hit song “Real Love.”
New York-based Tuff City Records told the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, opens new tab on Thursday that “Real Love” uses part of the Honey Drippers’ often-sampled 1972 funk song “Impeach the President” that it did not clear, requesting an unspecified amount of monetary damages from Universal Music’s publishing arm.
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