Lil Mama made a lot of noise when she released her new song #Sausage to the public, but the attention was for all of the wrong reasons! Many accused Lil’ Mama of being a culture vulture (in my Dame Dash voice) for stealing the very popular “sausage” song created by Matthew Belamy from Miami.
Well, Matthew recently released a video telling the WHOLE STORY (well his side of it) and its straight JANKY! You won’t believe what he said Lil’ Mama did to him.
Matthew says he created the song when he was in 10th grade during class. He freestyled the song as his friends taped him. Shortly after being posted on Facebook, his Miami friends began sharing the video and it quickly went viral.
So here comes Lil Mama, she DMs Matthew and acknowledges that he was the creator of the song and tells him her friend was shooting a video for the “sausage” song to “keep it going”. He said that’s cool and that he wanted to collaborate with them on the song and video. So Lil Mama tells him to call her assistant, he does, and they ask Matthew if he can come to New York because that’s where they are shooting the video.
Matthew is from the rough part of Miami and couldn’t afford his own ticket. Lil Mama tells him to look and see how much two grey hound tickets would cost to get him down there. He looks it up and sends Lil Mama the amount = $207.
He claims that at this point Lil Mama’s assistant called him back and told her that they were funding the project out of their pockets and couldn’t afford the tickets.
Now, Lil Mama finally releases the video and Matthew is counting the COINS! He says Lil Mama shut a street down in New York to film the video, she had background dancers, wardrobe, hair and make-up, basically a whole production for the video…but couldn’t afford to fly him to NY?
She knows ZAMN well she could have put a couple of hundred dollars in the budget to get him down there. THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE VIDEO! After all he is the creator!
Lil Mama if this is true you ain’t right boo! Pull your brother up! Don’t profit off of his creativity and leave him hanging!
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smh she hella shady
I was wondering where the original creator was like come on if you gonna bite off his style that much you could have at least had the kid in the video.
They had the money. Give that young man the credit he deserves!
He did credit at the end of the video…
I wanna punch lil mama in the mouth
He definitely can sue, it’s all about doing research of dates posted, origination upload dates versus the recreation upload dates. If he gets a good lawyer or even a lawyer willing to do the work he can have a case. Florida could be one of the few states that doesn’t require copyright to claim ownership of art and etc. she’s basically guilty of intellectual theft. I hope he does sue. He can build a case from researching how much the video cost to produce vs. the cost of the bus ticket. He actually had a few avenues to sue.
She did give him credit in the video.
Never said she didn’t. Only suggested ways he could go about the situation portrayed in the article.
sue for what? LMAO do you black people know anything about copyright infringement or am i the only black person who study law?
First: why say, “you black people” if you are one of us? That’s strange. That only makes me think you aren’t black. Second: you obviously didn’t read my comment. Or else you wouldn’t have responded which makes me think you’re just an internet troll looking for an argument. Third, obviously you aren’t the only “black person” that “study law”- Johnny Cochran, Thurgood Marshall, Michelle Obama, Willie E. Gray. Like I could go on….
THE BOTTOM LINE IS MOSTLY SOUTHERN STATE HATE EAST COAST RAP AND ESPECIALLY NEW YORK SO IF IT WASN’T THIS YOU’D FIND SOMETHING ELSE. LHE IS WRONG ABOUT THE BUDGET lil mama didnt have a budget for this video everyone donated there services i know cuz my cuz danced and she didn’t get a check or nothing she did it for exposure everybody bashing lil mama but come on first of all she did it for free there is no charge for the song is a give away the stylist h hiddy did her for free to help his career and even the food was donated so let clear that up but i know yall are gonna keep saying it cuz yall just dont like her or nyc now i will say she coulda digged a lil deeper to find the 200 or what ever but i dont hear atown complaining or the 40 other vines and song phrases she used so ima let yall finish IN THE WORDS OF CHARLEMAGNE DA GOD “YOU MADE IT A HOT VINE AND LIL MAMA MADE IT A HOT SONG” period he doesnt have any grounds to sue her using the word sausage is a universal phrase you can’t copy right that so ima let yall continute with your witch hunt but no matter how much yall rant lil mama is the only one getting ahead here whether you like it or not she is the talk of the world right now yes world and how do i know that? cuz my aunts on a trip thru europe and africa and she emailed me and said everywhere she goes all she hears is the sausage song and all they talk about is lil mama sausage, Haters never when karma always get you this is happening the way it is cuz yall go out ya way to be mean vicous slanderous to lil mama dragging her every chance you get bet she fixed you huh?? and you cant do shiet about it so deal wit it, so ima let you finish (kanye voice) but lil mama has the best sausage song and she is blowing up so go head waste ya breath and dont come for me cuz im not replying so save it lol…. your a waste of the air in my lungs cuz yall are bent on sabotaging that girl
You went in and I loved every bit of what you said!!! I think throwing Lil Mama’s name in there increased the hate. Technically she wasn’t in the wrong. Unless he can produce receipts where she said she would pay for him then it’s his loss. Now if she said he could be in the video and she showed up, but wouldn’t let him on set then that would be wrong. All he’s saying is they asked if he could come up there. Thank you for pointing everything was donated which was smart on Lil Mama’s end. If dude couldn’t get there then I’m like Oh well. He got credit with the others at the end.
i’m saying that’s cool and all butttttt the whole issue i see folks having and scratching their heads at is how can you the person who was on ABDC for 7seasons, played Left eye in the TLC biopic not have $200 for this dude to come up there? That’s the issue i see most having i mean out of just those two i name $200 was an Issue? #ijs
I agree she could have made it f it to do that but she didn’t owe it to him he didn’t own rights
how the fuck you cant afford $200???
Exactly, that’s some shady shi***
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Ummmm, but she did give him a shout out in the creds…”Big Mac [for starting the sausage movement].
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Why didn’t he do his own song?And why would he come to New York,to help Lil Mama perform it?He put it out there #pause,unprotected,as it were,and she took it,and bit the whole thing #pause…oh well,industry rule #3081…loudest mouth gets fed first…
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Lil mama was wrong point blank period. Everyday that goes by the more and more I see ppl making excuses to keep doing stupid shit! smmfh
thats what happens when you come up with something the famous rich people belittle you and take what you have worked so hard for . Bow-wow Lil mama whatever you want to call yourself you are wrong dead wrong Give that young man his prop . You and your assistant could have gotten that young man there you didnt want to because you thought you could get away with it I hope he sues your ass off and get everything he deserves. You dont have to ever worry about me buying nothing of yours, you shady, damn cheap ass
She actually gave him his props. The guy states that in his piece. She just didn’t have the budget to fly him to New York. Despite what people feel about how many coins are or should be in her pocket, like the guy above said, she did not have the money. I see why the guy is upset, however, I see her point too. Now, if those record sells are as high as they are projecting, he may get hit off soon. Peace.
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I think I had something to do with this. I was on the phone with Big Mac for like 2 hours I was asking him was he in the video and he was like no she didn’t fly him in. I got a lil upset because I felt the lease she could have done was fly him in and out him in the video. HE CREATED THIS SHIT NOT HER!!!! He actually called me the other day but I was busy. My insta is @QueenWink u can see that I posted the video of him in class and he responded so I DM him my number and we talked for hours. Give him his credit that’s all I’m saying smh.
Now don’t get me wrong Lil Momma KILLED THAT SONG SHE DID AN AWESOME
JOB BUT THE LEASE SHE COULD HAVE DONE WAS GIVE HIM A LIL SHINE AND CREDIT
I’m wondering what type of leg he has to stand on. The only thing he is complaining about is not being in the video due to Lil Mama not providing him with transportation. He can’t say that she ‘stole’ his song since there is proof that they discussed he using his song. The burden of proof would be on him to prove that she stated that he would be compensated.
TSR, first of all he’s already “down there” and wanted to be flown “up there” – to NYC that is. IJS. Lil Momma straight up jacked this dude and should definitely pay.
The song was weak and if u ask me it was because of the chorus (which was what he came up with) the video was good plus its lil mama not beyonce I do believe she couldn’t afford it she’s struggling hasn’t had a hit in years she probably had to put all of the money into a fire video instead of making sure he got his cameo he should’ve made a gofund me page like everyone else she gave him his props