DJ Pete Rock performs live on stage during the opening night of the exhibit Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes at MoPop on April 20, 2018 in Seattle, Washington.
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MC Shan Accuses Pete Rock of Sampling “The Bridge” Without Permission
Pete Rock sampled the classic hip-hop track for a song on his and Common’s joint album, ‘The Auditorium Vol. 1.’
According to MC Shan, Pete Rock allegedly used his and Marley Marl’s classic track, “The Bridge,” without permission for a joint song with Common.
As HipHopDX pointed out, Shan had initially praised the pair on Instagram for sampling “The Bridge” for “Wise Up,” a track from Rock and Common’s joint album, The Auditorium Vol. 1, which was released in July last year.
In May, he dedicated two posts to the pair; in the caption for one of the posts he thanked them “for the check.”
However, it seems as if Shan wasn’t ever actually compensated, claiming in multiple Instagram posts since last week that he hadn’t been paid for use of “The Bridge” for “Wise Up.”
“Now, I know some of y’all gonna be sitting there saying, ‘Shan, that record didn’t sell’ … that’s not the point,” he said in a video. “The point is it was under a label that should’ve done the right thing in the first place. So, whether the s**t sold or not, there’s an infringement upon the label for not doing due diligence.”
“The point is, motherf**ker, y’all ni**as stop stealing my s**t,” he added.
And prior to this video, Shan also threatened legal action against Rock in a separate Instagram video, saying, “I can afford litigation, son, and it’s coming.”
“That homage that you paid, you better go call that ni**a and tell that ni**a to bring back that money you paid homage, because he didn't come to my house and give me s**t,” he added, noting that he’s expecting Rock and Common to “put some money aside, put my publishing to the side, because I own the publishing to ‘The Bridge.’”
In response, Rock shared a post that combined one of the videos Shan shared praising the producer and Common, with the video of the MC threatening litigation, writing in the post’s caption, “I’m gonna ask you so there is no confusion, which one is it bro? Because now you hurtin’ my feelings.”
As the caption went on, Rock spoke of the importance of “The Bridge” and claimed that he and Common “did the absolute right thing” for Shan.
“We did good business with you and I will always honor you for what you did for me growing up,” he said, adding, “I gotta hold you accountable on this receipt right here king.”
Shan then replied with another video, telling Rock, “Just admit what you did, ni**a.”
“I’m just saying, don’t f**king get mad when you get caught… I was trying to give you props, trying to save motherf**king face for you, son,” he added.
Since then, he has seemingly resumed extending praise toward Rock (while saying that he just wants “my money that’s all”), as well as dismissed any bad blood between each other.
Back in 2023, Shan voiced his frustrations with Nas regarding a Hip-Hop 50 Live show the Queensbridge rapper produced through his own Mass Appeal. Shan presumably felt snubbed for not being a part of the event, which did include a hip-hop pioneers set that featured Kurtis Blow, Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, Roxanne Shanté and others.
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