It looks like Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are not only getting someone else's clothes at a thrift shop, but also going to other artists to steal their beat and horn melodies.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' breakthrough hit wasn't an original https://t.co/54XfzxUT8S pic.twitter.com/7mAPHnQ0bo— DiverseTrends (@DiverseTrends) May 10, 2017
— DiverseTrends (@DiverseTrends) May 10, 2017
"Thrift Shop" is reportedly not the only song by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis that has come under the legal attack of Batiste. In the lawsuit, the jazz musician accuses Macklemore and Ryan Lewis of stealing his beat and horn melodies from his two songs – "Hip Jazz" and "World of Blues" – and using them in their hit song "Thrift Shop," which in 2014 won two Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.
Batiste is also reportedly suing over Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Neon Cathedral," which, like "Thrift Shop," also appears on the duo's 2012's album The Heist, accusing the hip hop duo of borrowing heavily from his other three songs, according to Entertainment Tonight Canada.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are getting sued for one of their biggest hits https://t.co/5r4EWcIslN pic.twitter.com/8AgVO6Ue9b— iHeartRadio (@iHeartRadio) May 2, 2017
— iHeartRadio (@iHeartRadio) May 2, 2017
Take a listen and judge for yourself whether or not Macklemore and Ryan Lewis stole the beat and horn melodies from Batiste's "Hip Jazz" and "World of Blues," which were released in 1997 and 2000 respectively.