Friday, April 26, 2013

Endorsement Pains: Big K.R.I.T. Crown Royal Ad Causes $1 Million Lawsuit

Loved soul group The O'Jays are very unhappy about a new Crown Royal whiskey commercial which uses their most well known hit, "For The Love Of Money."

The group filed a lawsuit against Crown Royal for using the song, and claimed they were humiliated by the advertisement. 

The commercial features Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T. rapping over the O'Jays music, and two of the original members are having none of it. The singers called K.R.I.T. "a poser with limited ability to carry a tune" who performed a "self-aggrandizing childish rap."

The O'Jays are asking for more than a million dollars in damages.

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