Dem Franchise Boyz rapper Parlae has taken aim at Fat Joe over claims that the group “jacked” his music without permission.
Earlier this week, Joey Crack commented on artists interpolating his own hits into their songs, singling out Dem Franchise Boyz for their track “Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It” and Young Dro’s “Shoulder Lean,” both of which bear similarities to Terror Squad’s “Lean Back.”
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After catching wind of his comments, Parlae hit back at the Bronx rap legend in a video posted to Instagram on Wednesday (November 22).
“I just seen a clip of Fat Joe’s interview talking about n-ggas biting his music and taking his style and he’s gonna sue n-ggas,” he said.
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“I’m from the South, n-gga — we don’t bite New York n-ggas. We didn’t hear ‘Lean Back’ and say we gonna make a song like that. N-gga, we said ‘lean’ not ‘lean back.'”
He added: “How the fuck we bit your lyrics, n-gga? If you feel like that, get your muthafucking sue on, n-gga! I ain’t bite no muthafucking Fat Joe.”
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Parlae also threw shade at D4L’s Fabo in the caption, as the two have previously gone back and forth over who created snap music.
“1st it was @iamfabo now it’s @fatjoe [facepalm emoji],” he wrote. “Which 1 of yall was responsible for LEAN WIT IT, I Forgot [thinking emoji] I Guess when you use the same word as a person and your song become a hit, you got the idea from them [shrug emoji].”
Fat Joe made the initial comments during an Instagram Live, where he said: “If you use somebody’s music and you sample it and you don’t clear it and you don’t give them no money, they can sue you.
“Me, personally, I have never sued nobody for that. And trust me, they done had ‘Make it rain, make it, make it, make it rain.’ Or ‘Lean wit it, rock wit it.’ My shit’s been jacked legendary. ‘Shoooulder leeean.’ My shit been jacked!”
Terror Squad’s classic track “Lean Back” was released in 2004, with Dem Franchize Boyz’s “Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It” following two years later.
“Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It” was later sampled by Juice WRLD on his song “Lean with Me” and also by rock group Twenty One Pilots on their track “Holding On To You.”
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Fat Joe’s comments follow recent remarks made by Boosie Badazz, who also said he was going to start sending out legal notices to artists he believes have taken from his songs without proper compensation.
Boosie in particular took aim at Rod Wave, who later said he plans to make it “straight” with the Baton Rouge rapper.
