Roddy Ricch & Producer 30 Roc Sued Over 'The Box' - TMZ

Roddy Ricch Sued for Ripping Off 'The Box' ... On Diamond-Selling Song's Anniversary

12/6/2022 1:28 PM PT

Roddy Ricch's megahit "The Box" is celebrating its 3rd day Tuesday ... but present the Compton rapper is dealing with a caller copyright suit implicit it.

According to tribunal documents, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, Roddy, his shaper 30 Roc, Atlantic Records, and others are being sued by creator Greg Perry ... who claims Roddy and co. took definite cardinal elements of his 1975 opus "Come On Down (Get Your Head Out Of The Clouds)" and dropped 'em successful "The Box" without permission.

Perry says the similarities are unmistakable and claims a musicology adept "clearly and convincingly" shows the 2 tracks stock akin melody, form, and structure.

Perry is looking to beryllium awarded damages and wants the tribunal to find that Roddy and squad willingly infringed his copyright.

Roddy dropped his debut workplace medium "Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial" connected December 6, 2019 ... and "The Box" instantly jumped retired the gross arsenic the instrumentality favorite, spending 11 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. It besides fueled countless TikToks during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The opus was certified Diamond this clip past twelvemonth truthful yeah, there's a batch of royalties connected the array to beryllium had.

We reached retired to Atlantic Records ... we'll fto you cognize if we perceive back!