The Black Eye Peas Facing 4 Law Suits & One of Their Victims Speaks Out

The immortal words of Tribe Called Quest front-man Q-Tip, "Industry Rule #4,080 Record company people are shady" should be recited every minute one is in the presence of a music executive.

There are numerous incidents of highly ambitious artist sending in music to labels with great expectations and hopes of getting signed only to have the music stolen. The Black Eye Peas are facing a record number of 4 law-suits for copyright infringement, with George Clinton being the latest to file suit against the multi-platinum group.

LaNisha Rene Spotlight TV and Rasha Entertainment caught up with Chicago-bred artist Phoenix Phenom known as the Queen of Juke to speak about her 2007 song titled, "Boom Dynamite" which The Black Eyed Peas hit song “Boom Boom Pow” derived from.

I noticed that the song is similar to the Black Eye Peas song called, "Boom Boom Pow". Did you help them write that?


That would be the nice way of saying it. I wish that was the case, but that is not the case. The case is that its copyright infringement and there is a law suit involved right now. The way I found out about it was in The Source Magazine. I will never forget the article, it said, Will the Real Boom Boom Please Stand Up?

That was registered with ASCAP and you did that in 2007.


It was made in 2007 and released in 2008. It was licensed with Universal /Interscope Records. It was also sent to various labels, Jimmy Iovine directly, it was on the radio in the Midwest.
That song really did good for them on the charts.

Not just did good, it made history in 2009 by being the #1 download in itune.