Michael Jackson and Rihanna are both being sued by African musician Manu Dibango.
The claim stems from a sample of Dibango's 1972 track 'Soul Makoosa', which Jackson used on his 1983 single 'Wanna Be Startin Something'.
The clip was cleared for use on the Jacko release, but when Rihanna used the same sample on her song 'Please Don't Stop The Music', Dibango claims, she only sought permission from Jackson to use it. And it wasn't Jackson's place to give that permission. Because he didn't write that snippet of music. You see the problem? Good.
Anyway, Dibango has now filed a €500,000 law suit in Paris. The case is expected to be heard later this month.