Diddy & Snoop Dogg Sued Over Songs Released 20 Years Ago!

Diddy, Snoop Dogg, and More Named in “Nasty Girl” and “I Wanna Thank Ya” Sample Lawsuit

The copyright infringement lawsuit alleges “I Wanna Thank Ya” and “Nasty Girl” contain an uncleared sample from the 1980 song “Skatin’".

Diddy & Snoop Dogg Sued Over Songs Released 20 Years Ago!

Sean “Diddy” Combs, Snoop Dogg and the estates of The Notorious B.I.G. and Angie Stone have been named in a copyright lawsuit over two well-known songs released more than 20 years ago. Songwriters David Bravo and Jean Albert Renaud claim “Nasty Girl” and “I Wanna Thank Ya” used pieces of their 1980 composition “Skatin’” without permission. Brazilian musician Eumir Deodato performed the original song. According to the complaint, the later recordi…

Snoop Dogg, Biggie Estate, Diddy and Others Sued Over Sample on ‘Nasty Girl’ and ‘I Wanna Thank Ya’

Snoop Dogg, Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G. estate and others were hit with a copyright lawsuit claiming two songs contain an uncleared funk sample.

Diddy Sample Lawsuit Names Snoop Dogg And Biggie Estate

A newly filed copyright lawsuit claims Diddy, Snoop Dogg, and several music estates benefited from two songs that allegedly used an uncleared 1980 sample. Songwriters David Bravo and Jean Albert Renaud filed the federal action against Sony Music Publishing and numerous other defendants in the Southern District of New York on July 14, 2026.  Bravo, 73, and Renaud, 84, allege they jointly wrote and produced “Skatin’,” a song performed by Brazilian…

Diddy, Snoop Dogg, and Others Hit With Lawsuit Over “Nasty Girl” and “I Wanna Thank Ya” Samples

Sean “Diddy” Combs, Snoop Dogg, and the estates of The Notorious B.I.G. and Angie Stone are among the names involved in a new copyright lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that two songs used elements from an earlier composition without authorization. It was filed by David Bravo and Jean Albert Renaud. Furthermore, the complaint claims that “Nasty Girl” and “I Wanna Thank Ya” incorporate parts of their 1980 song “Skatin’,” originally performed by Eumir…

Diddy, Biggie's Estate, & Snoop Dogg Hit With Lawsuit Over "Nasty Girl" And "I Wanna Thank Ya"

Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Nelly, Jazze Pha, the estates of Angie Stone and Biggie, Bad Boy Records, and Sony Music Entertainment are all currently embroiled in the same copyright infringement lawsuit. David Bravo and Jean Albert Renaud wrote the song “Skatin” for Deodato in 1980, and claim Jazze Pha used it as a sample in the songs “I Wanna Thank Ya” by Stone and Snoop, as well as “Nasty Girl” by Biggie, Nelly, and Diddy. According to Billboard, the tw…