On July 24 Abkco Music Inc. filed a suit against Lil Wayne and Cash Money/Universal for allegedly releasing an altered version of the Rolling Stones’ song “Playing With Fire” without permission. Abkco seeks unspecified damages for what it believes is the use of “a clear derivative of the Rolling Stones song with the original lyrics altered in a recognizable way.”The song was originally a B-side to the single “The Last Time,” and it can be found on the 1965 Rolling Stones album Out of Our Heads. Abkco’s argument centers on the original Rolling Stones lyric “But don’t play with me, ’cause you’re playing with fire.” The Lil Wayne song of the same name features a similar interpretation of the lyric, with Wayne saying, “But you can’t blame me if I set this stage on fire.”

Additionally, Reuters reports Abkco believes Lil Wayne’s version, which is included on Tha Carter III, uses “explicit, sexist and offensive language” which could reflect poorly on their company and the Rolling Stones. Representatives for Lil Wayne and Cash Money/Universal have yet to comment on the lawsuit. Tha Carter III is currently the number two album in the country with RIAA certification of over 2 million units shipped. We at Hiphopspy know Lil Wayne doesnt have a chance going up against the Rolling Stones, they got crazy money. They been in the business for 40 years and could buy universal if they wanted, there is not a bigger group in the world in any genre of music. If Wayne thinks he has the money to make this go away he is fooling himself, the rolling stones are all billionaires,and billionaires dont lose cases, and they dont settle out of court for little money. The Rolling Stones have sold out every concert for the last 20 years, they only do concerts in stadiums that hold 60,000 people minimum at 100 dollars a ticket, you do the math, Lil Wayne cannot sell out a stadium anywhere,never has never will. Everytime they tour they clear half a billion or more.They probaly are going to take all the money he made off carter 3 and then some. Wayne is going to learn a hard lesson on this one.

The recently leaked Game song featuring Lil Wayne titled “My Life” is already making waves on the internet. But it is not because of the obvious two top tier emcees on the song. The issue at hand is the version that leaked onto the net with Game spitting the following lines:”You see them 24’s spinning, I earned ‘em/and all the pictures of me and Em, I burned ‘em/ so there ain’t no proof that I ever walked through 8 Mile/and since there’s no Proof, I’ll never walk through 8 Mile”

Moments after the version leaked and began to spread, another version of the song - which is the album version according to an Interscope representative - hit the net without the controversial lines. Along with that came a statement from Game clearing up the lyrics.

“When I originally wrote the song ‘My Life’ I was trying to think back on events that affected my life and how they changed me,” Game says. “When I first got signed to Aftermath and G-Unit I was exposed to so many different people from Dre to Em to 50 to Proof. I always identified with Proof. We were always cool and he would reach out to me when ever I was going through something.”

Game goes on to explain how the song was not meant to be offensive by any means and was clearly taken out of context.

“I remember when Proof died vividly and now every time I think about going to Detroit I get depressed. That is what I was trying to say in that verse and the more I looked at I realized that people would take it the wrong way…the way they are taking it now that it leaked. So I decided to change it so that this bullshit wouldn’t happen and now it’s happened anyway,” he continued.

In the end, Game apologizes for that version of the song even being heard by the masses.

“For the record, this is not the version on my album, this is not the version that radio will get and this is not the version that I just shot the video to. Furthermore, I apologize to anyone who took this the wrong way as that was never my intention.”

We at Hiphopspy believe Game didnt mean to diss Eminem or Proof. It wouldnt of been good to diss Eminem and be the one who brings Em back to the mic after 3 years in exile. We could only imagine the wrath that Eminem would of spit to protect his friend Proof and himself. Whoa backpedal Game,real fast!