Drake pays $100,000 for rapper's lyrics, hosts ESPY Awards
17 July 2014, 09:58
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
Hosting last night’s ESPY Awards, Drake has also found himself in a tricky situation with a fellow rapper - allegedly stealing lyrics without consent or acknowledgement.
Rappin’ 4-Tay has accused the Canadian star of using lines from his 1994 song “Playaz Club”. The lyrics in question feature in Drizzy’s guest verse on YG’s “Who Do You Love”. 4-Tay also says that Drake’s label have now paid $100,000 to settle the affair.
Meanwhile, last night’s ESPYs saw Drake presenting, appearing in a skit with Chris Brown and performing live. Watch highlights from that, along with the two aforementioned tracks, beneath:
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