Lil' Kim sued for plagiarism
Freshly released rapper Lil' Kim is facing further court time to defend a Jamaican reggae singer's claims she copied her lyrics for her last album.
Tanya Stephens is suing the hip-hop star - who left prison last month after serving 10 months of a 366-day sentence for perjury - for ripping off a song for 2005 release The Naked Truth.
Stephens alleges lyrics of Kim's track Durty almost exactly match her song Mi and Mi God, recorded in Jamaica and released in 1997.
According to the suit, filed in Manhattan federal court last week, Kim even adopts a West Indian accent for it.
Stephens is claiming rights to the song, as well as all past and future royalties, reports the New York Post.
In the past Lil' Kim, real name Kimberly Jones, has made no secret of her admiration for Stephens' work, even flying her to New York to sing on one of her albums.
Her vocals never made the final version of the record.
