Internet Moneyās most prominent producer, Nick Mira, is currentlyĀ being dragged into court by a 16-year-old beatmaker who goes by the name of Fly Jxy. The up-and-comer alleges Nick jacked his song āIceā for Juice WRLDās Hot 100 hit āLean Wit Me.ā
In a gesture to clear his name in the court of public opinion, the multi-platinum producer shares with HipHopDX the creative process behind the creation of the āLean Wit Meā beat.
āI created Juice WRLDās āLean Wit Meā beat from scratch. I played the guitar live in the beat, I programmed the drums and then I sent the beat for Juice to record to and make the song ā just like how we always do,ā the 18-year-old musician tells HipHopDX.
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āHe, Sidepce, and I have a good working relationship,ā Mira continues. āWeāve been working together for a few years now and if anyone has doubts that I didnāt create the beat for āLean Wit Meā from scratch, I made a video on our Internet Money YouTube channel breaking it down.ā
In the video, Nick is seen creating the beat for the Goodbye & Good Riddance track from start to finish.
In a report released by TMZ last week, the teenaged beatmaker filed a lawsuit naming Juice WRLD, Nick, Interscope, and Universal through his guardians. They are suing on the grounds that Fly Jxyās āIceā is āthe essential beat and foundationā for āLean Wit Me.ā
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This is not the first time Mira has landed in hot water over his production.
Sting got Nick and Juice WRLD for a majority of their āLucid Dreamsā royalties for using his 1993 classic āShape of My Heartā as the hit songās melody. Nick wasnāt too pleased with Sting getting 85% of āLucid Dreamsā royalties so he aired out him and his team via Twitter in some since-deleted tweets.
Nick grew into prominence after creating the late XXXTENTACIONās āFuck Loveā record with Trippie Redd. His Internet Money partner Taz Taylor blessed him with big praises in a past interview with DX.
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āEverybody wants to get their hands on him,ā Taz says. āItās crazy for him. Heās only 17, still in high school and now he has a double-platinum record with Trippie Redd called āFuck Love.'ā
In the case of Fly JxyāsĀ āIceā versus Juice WRLDās āLean Wit Me,ā final judgment will be had in court.
Check out Nick Mira making āLean Wit Meā for comparison purposes.