DJ Absolut is suing for money that he feels is owed to him for Drake’s hit single, “Best I Ever Had 
.” The single catapulted Drake to success but Absolut says he wasn’t compensated properly.
According to the deejay, he didn’t even realize that his beat had been used for one of the biggest singles of 2009. Once he found out, he allegedly called Kia Shine to let him know about the song. This comes according to a lawsuit that was filed in Queens Supreme Court recently.
According to Absolut, Shine agreed to pay him 20% of all proceeds that came from the beat in 2008, something that hasn’t happened with this track. Absolut says Shine secretly set up a deal to get 25% interest of the song’s copyright last September.
In a recent New York Daily News article, Absolut’s lawyer Brian Levy notes that they have tried to get Kia Shine to respond but have not been able to reach him.
“Kia Shine needs to uphold his end of the agreement. It wasn’t my client’s desire to resort to legal action to get him to do it. We’ve reached out to him, but he has not chosen to respond.”
Drake has previously said that he has never met with or worked with Kia Shine.
“There have been questions posed to me the last few days about the writing of Best I Ever Had and I figured I’d take the time to clear the air directly. I have never met Kia Shine or worked with him. I wrote the entire composition in Toronto and I borrowed one line from a Lil Wayne song that he produced the beat for. The claims of 25% ownership are false and for a artist to brag about splits on a song is distasteful to begin with.”
damn i really need someone to sue i mean this is the way to go damn a 9 to 5
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Okay mabe I don’t get how this whole hip hop thing works but I thought boi 1da made the beat to best I ever had. Man I’m realy getting tired of hearing this shit why do people wait so long to fuckin sue? If the nigga didn’t pay you for the beat sue his as right there don’t wait years after the song is hot and done with. It seems like lately the negros at cm ym are fuckin with everybody paper! I’m mean this like the 4 person to come out and say some ym fucker got me so now Ima get em back. How bout this don’t work with them:) just save yourself the trouble and don’t fuck with ym.
You are correct, you don’t get this music thing. The producer agrees to a percentage of the sales or a outright fee for use of a beat. In this case he wanted 20%. You have to wait for the album to sell to get your money. You should start getting residual monies right away on a major release, but it can take a while for the numbers to come in. If you see you’re not getting money its probably best to let it accumulate and peak before pursuing legal actions, that way you don’t have to keep going after the person for your money. And it’s easy to say don’t work with them, but if you’re and up and coming producer a chance to get put on nationally you gonna jump on it. If you get screwed at least your beat got out there, and you can always sue if you handled your business right and have your paperwork in order.
Thanks that cleared shit up for me….. Wow someone atcualy responded with a decent post instead of(fuck you bitch nigga) thank man thank you:)
These YM/CM niggaz are fucking jews.
well…..technically DRAKE is a AFRO-JEW FAGGOT SO I CANT SAY IM SURPRISED……….
fuck these canadian jews get these faggs out of USA BITCH!
Considered joining the KKK?
WELL CAN SUCK MY DICK 416 ALL DAY EVERYDAY
that shit was weak anyway…….
Drake is a bitch anyway.
wow im guessing the ppl who are hating are people who dont love theirselves and dont chase their dreams huh?….you people are complete f-cking lames
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wow just being a bitch just like your boss drake
seriously if young money has all this money shouldnt they be able to pay their producers like nothing?
oh no because they spend it all on dildos and male strippers!
god damn homo thugs make me sick!!
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Jay-Z has recorded with Drake twice (2), and has said on numerous occations that he respects his talent. If I were Jay, and I thought Drake was a dick-riding bitch, punk, faggot (and whatever else you guys write on here), I don’t think I’d record with him, let alone allow Drake to put my name on his album under the “featured” section. Jay-Z’s the greatest, but Drake sucks…what would that say about Jay-Z if this were really true?
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Well, I guess this is better than artists wanting to shoot each other.. Now they’re just suing each other.
fuck, jews are fucking better than americans
who reads all this bullshit
Kinfolk!!
I’m waiting for another handdddyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy post about how if this was Wayne blah blah blah fuckin blah billshit I suck Waynes dick all day post
LMAO, LMAO, ROTFLMAO!! And you’re right. Or how Bloods are gonna DJ Absolut for trying Drake cause he’s on Young Money/Cash Money etc, etc.
good!
take his money then he’ll have nothing to rap about and drakes career will come to an end 😀
“he didn’t even realize that his beat had been used for one of the biggest singles of 2009” was he in a bomb shelter?
LMAO, LMAO, ROTFLMAO!!
Comedy, lmaoo.
Thats where I’d say case dismissed!
Like bruh, you not serious… #cMonSon !
learn how to fucking type. holy shit its like fucking Arabic in some of these posts… drake sucks wayne’s even worse.
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Apparently none of you can read the article in its entirety, illiterate morons. Drake is not being sued by DJ Absolut; on the contrary, Kia Shine is being sued by DJ Absolut because KIA SHINE was supposed to pay him the 20% royalties for the beat. Drake’s involvement in the monetary sector of the lawsuit is inexistent. His name is only being dropped because he spit “Best I Ever Had” on the beat.
Lawsuit is toward Kia Shine, not Drake. ‘nough said.
Give credit where its due. Still doesn’t change the fact that people lie and can be greedy.
probably the biggest single in the last 2 or 3 years and you just realized someone used your beat? If your a producer shouldnt u be up on all the newest major songs out? Homie gon get paid as long as he got that hardcore proof otherwise homie wasting his time
I don’t even know who Kia Shine is…….And Hip Hop DX sucks balls for specifically sayin “Drake Sued Over Hit Single” WTF Hip Hop DX? That’s flagrant. You that desperate for hits? SMH….
Just googled Kia Shine….He’s sandy ass…..I want that wrinkle in my brain smoothed back out….
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