When French Montana recorded the Harry Fraud-produced track Shot Callers last year, it became one of the more popular records from the duo.
But DoItAll, a member of Lords of the Underground, says Harry Fraud sampled the group's track Funky Child for his and Montana's song and wants them to pay publishing fees.
Fraud counters the claim that he directly sampled the Lords of the Underground instrumental, stating the group was simply the inspiration for his work.
"Well, it's crazy, I saw something where people think we took this, or took that, but really, the Lords of the Underground was really the inspiration. "Obviously ['Funky Child,'] that's a great song that everybody loved. 'Chief Rocka' too. That was their two biggest songs. I researched where they got [the horns] from and flipped it. I took the spirit of that old school record and updated it with our feel and bounce to it."
Fraud goes on to say that he was looking up to and paying homage to the classic group with the intent of getting the attention of the younger era of hip hop fans.
"A lot of kids don't know 'Funky Child' by Lords of the Underground. So by listening to French they may go and do their research and find other great music."
