According to an exclusive story by The Hollywood Reporter, a woman claiming to be Drake’s ex-girlfriend and the inspiration for “Marvin’s Room” 
is suing the YMCMB rapper for co-writing royalties on the song.
Ericka Lee, who is credited in the liner notes of “Marvin’s Room” as a vocalist under the name “Syren Lyric Muse,” believes she is entitled to a larger share of the song’s royalties. Lee filed her initial claim in July of 2011, and was met by a counterclaim from Cash Money/Universal Records roughly six weeks later. According to Lee’s suit, she believes her “contribution is highly significant to the overall work.”
“Drake allegedly agreed to work with Lee on ‘Marvin’s Room’ and split the proceeds,” writes Eriq Gardner of The Hollywood Reporter. “Lee says she was asked to record the song’s ‘hook’ as well as the opening monologue that would serve as the thematic framework for a song about Drake’s yearning for an ex-girlfriend and how his fame interfered with his love life.”
Lee also claims she was offered a $50,000 payment along with 4-5% of the song’s royalties after threatening Drake with legal action prior to filing her lawsuit. “Marvin’s Room” peaked at the number 21 spot on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 singles chart.
(February 3)
UPDATE: Yesterday (February 3), a spokesperson for Drake told The Los Angeles Times’ “Pop & Hiss” column that there is no merit to Erick Lee’s claims. “This claim is entirely without merit and our client has not engaged in any wrongful conduct. Ericka Lee consented to the use of her voice in the song ‘Marvin’s Room’ prior to its release. Lee asked only for the credit she received as ‘Syren Lyric Muse,’ and she did not ask for any compensation,” said the Drake camp yesterday. “It was only after she retained a lawyer that there was a demand for payment. Drake tried for months to resolve the matter amicably, and he now looks forward to being vindicated in court.”
A history of the “Marvin’s Room” inspiration and controversy can be read at “Pop & Hiss.”
(February 4)
UPDATE #2: According to TMZ, Drake has filed an official response to Ericka Lee’s lawsuit that claims he owes her compensation for use of her voice on “Marvin’s Room.” In the filing, Drizzy says he never promised to pay her any money, and that “she consented to the use of her voice in the song ‘Marvin’s Room’ for no compensation.” He also denied having a romantic relationship with Lee, and denis threatening her for filing her initial complaint. A judge is yet to rule on the matter.
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Why Drake is a homo
-Talks in a fake black American accent
-Gets tattoos of dead singers and owls
-Constantly dick rides other rappers and artists so they will like him
-Talks tough on record but gets dissed and never responds back
-Tries to act like a gangster saying “catch a body” and “suu wuu”
-Has gayish mannerisms and hand movements
-Thinks he’s Sade
-Tries to make Canada seem hard
-Has fruity boy orgasms over His butt buddy “SOoo GOOOD OHH LIL WAYNE!”
-Played a character even cornier then himself on a Canadian children’s soap opera
-Tries to dress like Kanye
-Is Nicki Manaj’s best gay friend
-Grew up rich but cries and acts like his life is hard
-Looks like a light skinned gorilla
-uses winnie the pooh for inspiration
You two are probably gay yourselves tbh.
i agree with the “gayish mannerisms and hand movements “lol ahahahha
(laughing somberly)
Lol @ fake black American accent
HAS DICKRIDING FANS LIKE, So icy boi nd yessir
why are you Hater mad cause drake got
more girls then you
money then you
fans then you
you took a lot of time to think about and write about why you think a man is gay. dude, chill… It’s just entertainment. He’s not stopping you from eating, so read and keep it pushing. Nobody asked u to comment.
On a sidenote, that girl trippin. For that badly recorded phone convo at the beginning, she wants what? She’s calling that shit “vocals”. Girl stop…
This will be thrown out of court quickly. Everybody knows Drake doesnt like girls.
Damn.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! PAY UP BITCH! AND WHEN I SAY BITCH IM NOT TALKIN’ ABOUT ERIKA LEE!
keep up da good work & keep up yo head Drizzy. we r wit u nigga. neva give up! dont stress ova females! ur a talented nigga & u can raps betta den Rakim, Nas, Biggie, Eminem. dont forget ur yung & talented…… we support u Drizzy. swag
she wants to get payed for a recorded phone call ??????????????
the sample was like 3 seconds long lmao.
lmao exactly!
mo money mo problems .. thats what BIG told me
are you drunk right now……
Man, the things I would do to Drakes penis.
Swag
hahahahaha! This guy Drake needs someone to manage his life. With all the success he has had he’s losing control of his life. Damn he keeps taking L’s. Sad
She believes her contribution is highly significant to the overall work.
^^bull fucking shit, the song would’ve been the same with or without you in it. In fact, it would be better because there would be no terrible sounding phone recordings that were uninteligible.
Just two dumb bitches.
stupid bitch, drake i mean
Thank god Drake was put here to replace the gap in hip hop that pac left
hahahahahahaha!
Drake where dat lean at
Gtfoh you fat ass wack Canadian. Can’t stand you’re fat ass on them grindtime battles. That kotd shit real wack as well. Keep biting us Americans. Know yall wanna be us, rap like us, etc. Y’all USAs red headed step child. TRUTH
THATS WHY YMCMB GOT LAWYERS ON RETAINER WE AINT WORRIED ABOUT THIS HOE IF SHE GET MONEY SHE GET MONEY DRAKE AINT FUCKING WITH THIS HOE NO WAY. WE WAS NOT GOING TO EVEN PUT THIS SHIT ON THE ALBUM BUT U KNOW THE FANS LOVE THEM SOME DRIZZY SO THEY DEMANDED IT
“Bitch you wasn’ with me writing in the lab…BITCH YOU WASN’T WITH ME WRITING IN THE LAB…”
Actually she was
@YESSIR my god you have no life bro, posting on every thread dick riding YMCMB. i really hope you secretly hate them becuase you have hurt their image worse than Nicki Minaj.
$50,000 plus back end profits? I bet even the judge will snicker as he rules in Drake’s favor.
MAN I WULD LUV TO GET FUKD BY DRAKE SO HARD.
SWAG
example of a dickriding fan above me.
She is going up against Drake the Jew in court!!! smh DUMBASS BITCH!!!!!
Ahhh Drake lost his last court case with the same lawyer. So your wrong!
Oops!!! Drake won so I was wrong. Sorry!!
I got drake on my dick. No homo
No homo? Really son? Shit you just said was both homo and wack as fuck, not to mention not funny. Drake is truly garbage for real. He don’t get any respect from real heads/emcees. Smfh
Trolling
Publicity stunt. Drake is a homo. Look at his high school pic. Child actor. Gay face jew boy. Albums suck. Music sucks. Fans suck. Gayest following since Ellen Degeneres got her own show.
Are you sucking his dick? Mostly not, stop hating on dude when you don’t know his sexually
Co-sign, someone should beat his ugly fake ass to death, these ymcmb homos are runing hiphop image and turning it to a homo/pop genre that sings about skateboards and how much they’ve missed their ex gfs.
need proof ? just take a look at their fans, 14-15 yo white girls
Do you guys ever get tired of being pretentious? i mean really, the whole “this aint hip hop because (insert unclever gay joke). this “holier than thou” bullshit is annoying. you do know that there are TONS of rap artists out there, so instead of bitching about the ones you dont like; listen to the ones you do.
@Dizy
If the talented artists you were listening to were constantly looked over for some fake overrated/over-emotional actor, being given praise he does not deserve; I’m pretty sure you’d be upset too. In fact, I’m sure if you knew anything about “HIP-HOP”, not just “RAP”, you’d most definitely be saying fuck this embarrassment to Canada.
Damn… you sound pretty angry buddy..
50,000 plus 5% on the back end just for saying “Are you drunk rite now”!?!?!?!?!?!
AND SHE STILL SUING?????
hes dumb if he lets her.
thats rite Drake get dat bitch she jus money hungry!!
YUP WHAT I TOLD U FAGGOTS WE GOT LAWYERS ON DECK WE AINT WORRIED ABOUT THIS SHIT BITCH NEED TO GO GET A JOB UPS IS HIRING
whos we faggot
WE? We? You French now? Bitch ass nigga. Eat a dick.
drake has never had a girlfriend dat dude is gay az hell
she “consensted” huh?
Sorry, Drake. This will be settled out of court. Seems that you might be on the wrong end simply cause of a certain history your boss has with not paying workers.
And why would the chick want to simply have her name in the credits and not get paid? Hell you should have shot her some bread on the strength at least. That’s the right thing to do, you chump.
Oh well. More hours more faggotry.
Song is so vague it could be about it gay keep it up Jizzy Drake, 8==DOVOXO~~
I’ve never heard of the word ‘consensted’, is that an editing failure?
It was suppose to be consented
Oh was it now!? Well that just blows my fucking mind because all this time I thought it was suppose to be consensted!! I also thought supposed was spelled suppose so I’ve been duped twice!! Yeah…fuck you and fuck Drake asshole.
Consensted? Really HHDX? You guys are champs
Stfu faggot.
drake is the right of this i think
consensted……………..looooooool! This mutherfucker spells like Yessir.
“real hip hop heads” are pretty mature judging by all the comments they make lol.
nothing but grade 3 caliber gay jokes.
Haha isnt that the truth.
Just gets to show that people are never satisfied
dis nigga music is pure trash
It’s funny that you guys say that hip-hop today is pop music because when i was watching Behind The Music on Dr. Dre, it had said that Nuthin But a G Thang was an instant hit and that it took west coast rap to the “POP MAINSTREAM” so please someone explain that. I’ll wait.
What that means my misguided young friend is “Nuthin But a G Thang” was a hit record like mainstream pop music normally is. It doesn’t mean the song was pop. God you young kids love Drake so much but don’t understand the hiphop culture.
Yeah ummmmm first of all i am not misguided and i am not your friend, and second people should be able to listen to whatever the fuck they want to listen without being judged.
“Mainstream Hip Pop heads” are nothing more than misguided sheep. If Drake or any of these fags told them to head butt a steak knife, they would do It.
Awwwwwwwwww I know I know I know but ….
I THINK THAT SHE THINKS SHE CAN BE SOMETHIN BY USING THIS BUT I CAN’ T ALLOWED THIS SITUATION
I just need Birdie ‘s ass
YO COME HERE, CUM HERE
drake. the same nigga that fucks justin bieber in the ass after concerts. yeah that drake
GUY IS WEARING A PURPLE T SHIRT
HAS A GAY FACE IN EVERY PHOTOGRAPH
LADIES, BISEXUAL BOYS.. YA MAN DRAKE IS GAY AS IT GETS
ELTON JOHN AND BOY GEORGE THINK DRAKES A FAGGOT
GAYEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME NO CONTEST
RAP LOST
fuck .
People who claim theirself as Hip Hop mania lost their pure mind.
When I was 15, I used to draw pictures by using crayon but they are just talking shit behind they computer even if don’ t know who real gay is.
They are real gay. They can’ t stand because Imma gay but Im talented nigga and sold lotta records as Wayne did.
If you want call me gay, yes Imma Gay.
Plz do ya thang or do worthy.
YMCMB
yo drake, what the fuck did u just say, didn’t understand any of that non-sense.
Drake has no concept of masculinity with the music he makes full stop, having suspect convulsions and singing with a rap flow to try and compensate of his lack of ability. I don’t hate him despite his clownism but I wish this clown would take his mic skills seriously being in the position he is in the industry…
FUCKING KYKE ASS JEW MOTHERFUCKER!
Real MCs can churn drake out like butter. Wayne needed a lightskin dude with homosexual tendencies to attract those people who don’t normally listen to hiphop. Wayne knows how to make money tho.
why does every hhdx page have some guy claiming to be straight always talking about someone getting fucked in the ass?
i think that’s just you…hmm…
pay up drake
http://www.karmaloop.com/index-new.aspx?rcode=smartcanucks
haha! It’s funny he got screwed and funny that he HAD A GIRLFRIEND!!!!! Well, he’s gay now after this.
Who consensted to releasing this article without proofreading?
never heard the song myself sounds too much like a love song thats not how i roll, but i feel for ericka trying to get money from a jewish r&b artist whos signed to a company run by jews poor girl doesnt stand a chance
This is useless without a picture of the girl.
fuck
Wow. What she doesn’t understand is that you are only “entitled” to what you agree with. 50k + 4-5% is amicable.
I would just like to know if the actual contract says “4-5%”. Like, who puts ranges in a contract, LOL.
DISNEY RAPPER !! *dead*
the second coming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43A7aAg4sI
tired of this kike nigga. if u like his music thats cool but regardless the niggas music is average at best. listen to him if u want but the shit is like a product on a factory line. it is just manufactured exactly like the previous product on the line and music companies just keep pumpin this shit out cuz people keep buyin it. no creativity
Dog you gotta face it, he’s on fire right now..not the best lyrically or anything, but the man has been putting out quality stuff since like March 2k11
if u like him thats cool but his music is no different than the other shit they play on the radio. its like a microwave dinner it might have steak and potatoes in it but is it really steak and potatoes? they dont give him a mic and say make art, do something creative. they say heres a mic now make us something poppy that will sell and we will play it on the radio over and over and over and b4 u know it people will love it
and one last thing. i dont blame him. if u told me to make shitty poppy songs that require no thought and i would make a good bit of money to do so, id say fuck it give me a mic and a check. im just not gonna act like it isnt the same shit over and over
AlfCapone speaks the truth.
but the thing is your wrong…it doesn’t sound like everything else. he may have one or 2 pop songs but the rest of his album is not pop. its slow mood musik style beats…you think that shit is pop???
i think drake is pop and average as a rapper and average as a singer at best
LIKE I SAID LAWYER ON DECK NOBODY SWEATING THIS SHIT
13 LETTERS YMCMB OVOXO MMG
u think birdman and wayne have a celebration kiss every time they win one of these lawsuits?
I KNOW THEY DONT. THEY BUSY FUCKING ALL TYPES OF FEMALES N YACHTS AND IN MANSIONS. LIVING THAT FLASHY LIFE STYLE RICH NIGGA SHIT
them niggas are rich. they have all that money and can probably fuck just about any of the girls they want but what do they do? they prefer hairy man ass and taking pictures of themselves lip locking. gay ass niggas
THATS WHY WAYNE GOT KIDS WITH THE FOLLOWING LADIES… TOYA NIVIA LAURA LONDON RIGHT? THATS WHY WAYNE FUCKED TRINA AND SUPER HEAD RIGHT? DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A GAY NIGGA TO YOU? FUCKING BAD BITCHES?
but he always goes back to birdman. i guess hes bi or someshit
Bad bitches that every rapper in the game went through. Thats something to celebrate. “I got herpes! Yay!”
Why would Drake promise to pay her $50,000 plus 5% royalities? That’s insane. Yet, nobody works for free. I bet Drake sweet talked her with oh I’ll pay you this or that just so she’d do the song. Unless it was in writing though, the only thing she’s gonna get outta Drake is a coke and a smile.
You mean a Canada Dry and a smile
Me and her never had anything going on. Everybody with a brain knows that I don’t like girls they’re yucky and have cooties.
COSIGN ON GIRLS BEING YUCKY
WOATEEE! YA YUNG NIGGAS AWREADY NO. NOW HELP DADDY MAKE SUM LASANA IN THE KITCHEN. YA HURD?
Hell yeah you already know YMCMB young motherfuckas chasing male butt. Let’s all play the wee wee game after dinner i bet i can grab yours first guys!
Yeah, SACK CITY,BITCH
I hate Niggas like you, faggots.
Rather listen to Lil B than Drake.
Lil B doesn’t even want to listen to Lil B. Get real.
This sounds like its a song they did before all the fame. And she was like yea you can use it. Then Drake brings it out the archive and uses it for his new album. And keeps the old name “Marvin’s Room” so her consent still stands. The song does great. And now living with her word is too much.
Recording Artist/Producer/Song Writer : DRASTIC
http://www.soundcloud.com/ tkruckdrastic
WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT DRAKE. THIS IS THE NORMAL SHADY YMCMB BUSINESS DEALINGS. THEYVE DONE SHIT LIKE THIS FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. WHY ACT SURPRISED.
14 LETTERS YMCMB SUCKS DICK
Everyone gets sued…….even Apple, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, FBI, IRS, Walmart, CIA, Cities, Churches (not chicken) and etc. So, what’s your point??
Oh Oh Oh!
Oh Oh Oh!
Oh Oh Oh!
Oh Oh Oh!
Oh Oh Oh! I wish the world would leave me alone!
I just want to make music and be loved by you you you.
Oh Oh Oh! I got into this gig to get famous
But these rappers are scary, they call me out! Soooo scary!
Hello? Drake, just throw her some doe. What’s it to you? Probably make her day. No love anymore? Greed will get you nowhere.
shit i thought it was about a guy.
Now if this was a producer royalty dispute, you wouldn’t hear a word from any of them. INDUSTRY IS BULLSHIT
RICK ROSS FAT BOOTY >>>>> NICKI MINAJ’S FAKE BUTT
i bet drake has a tight butthole
lmao would he be more appealing to you if it was loose?
*denies, HHDX, not penis with a d
It’s not greed if she doesn’t have proof.