Stone adds, “A lot of attorneys didn’t want to take the job because the industry is crazy because they don’t want to p**s off Bruno Mars. The truth is we have been trying to sue them long before the record became Record of the Year (at the Grammys).”Īngie reveals she has had to wait to file suit because until now no lawyer has agreed to take on her complaint and tackle the power of Warner Bros.īut the groundbreaking “Blurred Lines” lawsuit filed by Marvin Gaye’s heirs against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams has given her a big boost, especially when the Gaye’s won a multi-million settlement by claiming Thicke and Pharrell ripped off soul legend Marvin’s 1970s song “Got To Give It Up.” We branded it in 1979… Their record was not recorded before ours and I think it is because we are women on the ballot and we are getting railroaded. The truth of the matter is no one on that suit deserves it more than The Sequence because those lyrics are ours – ‘Funk You Up’ was ours. “We have been robbed, railroaded, overlooked and completely disrespected. “As far as I’m concerned the song belongs to us,” Angie told The Sun. Stone recorded the track almost 40 years ago when she was a member of girl band The Sequence, and she insists Mars and Ronson’s Grammy-winning hit “Uptown Funk” is a rip-off. (AllHipHop News) Soul star Angie Stone has threatened to sue Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, accusing them of stealing her 1979 single “Funk You Up.”
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