From the pop police files to the pop courts, and rapper Ludacris has been accused of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed last week.
Three producers from Chester, Pennsylvania claim they sent the rap star's label, Disturbing Tha Peace, a CD of tracks they had developed in 2004, but that their approach was met with a lukewarm response. However, when Ludacris' album 'The Red Light District' was released the same year they discovered one track, 'Get Back', was very similar to one of theirs.
The three producers, Damon 'Damethegreat' Mayfield, Markus 'Vincent' Vick and Anthony Turner - who trade as Boogiii Men Entertainment Group - allege Ludacris and his people stole aspects of their track for 'Get Back' without crediting them or giving them their due cut of the royalties.
Ludacris and Disturbing Tha Peace are yet to comment.