«Breaking News» Spike Lee and Prince sued for 'ripping off' title song from Oscar winner's film Girl 6

On Sunday he rejoiced after winning his first ever in-competition Oscar.

But Thursday brought bad news for Spike Lee, with the BlacKkKlansman director slugged with a lawsuit for allegedly ripping off another artist's song for use in his 1996 film Girl 6, according to TMZ. 

'Longtime friends Prince and Spike teamed up' to make the music and the film - and both Lee and the estate of the deceased Purple Rain singer are being targeted by James Brandon's lawsuit, according to the gossip site. 

Good times can't last forever: Thursday brought bad news for Spike Lee, with the BlacKkKlansman director slugged with a lawsuit for allegedly ripping off another artist's song for use in his 1996 film Girl 6, according to TMZ. Seen here at Sunday's Oscars

In TMZ's reporting of the court documents, they said Brandon 'had recorded a song called Phone Sex in 1993' and got it to Spike via a relative of the Malcolm X director.

In his suit, Brandon said 'Prince's song had the same melody, but just changed the lyrics'.

'Brandon's suing the Prince estate and Spike for all profits they made off the song.' 

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The film: Girl 6 starred Theresa Randle [right], Spike Lee [center] and Madonna [left]

Lee won his first Oscar in his illustrious career on Sunday night, winning Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman.

His award, which he shared with Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott, was announced by his longtime collaborator Samuel L. Jackson.

When he got to the stage, Lee literally jumped into Jackson's arms to give him a hug, which was one of the night's most memorable moments. 

The legend: In his suit, Brandon said 'Prince's song had the same melody, but just changed the lyrics'. Prince seen here in 2007

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Main photo article On Sunday he rejoiced after winning his first ever in-competition Oscar.
But Thursday brought bad news for Spike Lee, with the BlacKkKlansman director slugged with a lawsuit for allegedly ripping off another artist’s song for use in his 1996 film Girl 6, according to TMZ. 
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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.

Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.

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