
When Mac Miller sampled Lord Finesse’s 1995 “Hip 2 Da Game” instrumental for his song “Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza” off his 2010 K.I.D.S mixtape he could have never imagined the hot water it would get him into. It’s become a fairly common practice for rappers to use music from other artists for freestyles and mixtapes without being sued, but Finesse isn’t buying it.
The legendary D.I.T.C. member has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Miller, his record company, Rostrum Records, and the mixtape site, Datpiff.
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