Rapper Ice Spice is in legal limbo after Duval "D.Chamberz" Chamberlain and Kenley "Kass the Producer" Carmenate accused her of copyright infringement.
The song in question is Ice Spice's "In Ha Mood," which they claim was lifted from their song "In That Mood."
Ice Spice Sued
Pitchfork obtained a lawsuit saying that Ice Spice is being sued by musicians Duval "D.Chamberz" Chamberlain and Kenley "Kass the Producer" Carmenate for allegedly copying their song "In That Mood" for Ice Spice's "In Ha Mood."
Apparently, the song was released by D. Chamberz's "Boom Bap 2 Drill Rap" in July 2022, while Ice Spice's record was released on Jan. 6, 2023.
The complaint states that Chamberlain and Carmenate previewed the song on Instagram last August 2021, and it was made available on streaming platforms from January 2022 to February 2022. It was released in July 2022 and has since been online.
Chamberlain claimed that he had performed "In That Mood" in New York, "no less than 36 times" before Ice Spice released her version in January 2023.
"Upon information and belief, Ice Spice, [producer RiotUSA], and/or members of their creative teams were present for certain public performances of In That Mood during the relevant time period," they claimed.
The complaint also stated that RiotUSA, Ice Spice's producer "was listening to an Ice Spice song on Hot 97 (FM 97.1) on November 15, 2021" before "In That Mood" played. They pointed out that they have virtual certainty that Riot actually heard In That Mood more than a year before In Ha Mood was first created and published."
"The similarities between In Ha Mood and the Work [In That Mood] - including the key phrase used in the chorus and repeated in a substantially similar manner numerous times throughout both songs - are such that it is simply not reasonable to believe that In Ha Mood could have been created without having heard the Work first," Chamberlain and Carmenate's lawyers argued in the lawsuit.
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What Are The Similarities of 'In Ha Mood', 'In That Mood'?
According to the lawsuit, both tracks have the same hip-hop rap and 'drill' style, titles, similar hook/chorus lyrics, almost identical tempo, and even similar rhythms.
As of this writing, Ice Spice's legal camp has yet to respond to the lawsuit.
Compare the two songs below.
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