Sep 30, 2005 • 1 min read

R Kelly facing more legal trouble

Rapper Cam'ron, real name Cameron Giles, is suing R Kelly for copyright infringement, alleging Kelly took sole credit for a song they wrote together.

Oh dear. More litigation, and this time it's R Kelly. Again. This time he's being sued by New York rapper Cam'ron, real name Cameron Giles, who says that the singer has infringed his copyright and taken sole credit for a song that they wrote together. Giles alleges that the pair worked together on the 'Snake Remix', but that he was not credited when it was released as part of video collection 'R. Kelly: The R in R&B'.

Cam'ron's representative claims, however, that it's just a business decision, and that the pair are friends, explaining that the rapper had originally expected Kelly to return the favour by working on a track for his 'Purple Haze' album, a favour which never came off. She says that an earlier period of ill feeling between the two is now resolved, despite the lawsuit. R Kelly's man, meanwhile, says "It's a very small dispute that seems to have gotten out of hand. We expect it to be resolved shortly."

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