A record label has accused The Beastie Boys of stealing its artist's music on 2 of their biggest albums and it filed the lawsuit just hours before MCA died. To be more specific, TufAmerica claims MCA, Mike D and Ad-Rock ripped off the '80s band Trouble Funk and illegally sampled their music on multiple songs featured on the albums "Licensed to Ill" and "Paul's Boutique."
In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York on May 3, TufAmerica states The BeastieBoys sampled a famous drum beat from the Trouble Funk hit "Drop the Bomb" on the 1986 hit "The New Style."
TufAmerica also reveals The Beastie Boys stole riffs from the song on "Car Thief" and "Hold It Now Hit It"and also ripped off the Trouble Funk track "Say What" on the song "Shadrack."
So the question is: "Why sue now??"
TufAmerica claims The Beastie Boys have been re-releasing and distributing the tracks and are not paying for the rights to sample Trouble Funk.
In fact, TufAmerica claims it has "never received royalties or payment" for any of the songs ... ever!
So far, no comment from The Beastie Boys ...
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Source: TMZ
