RHOBH’s Erika Jayne slammed by hip hop duo L’Trimm for ‘ripping off’ their hit song & ‘never paying a penny for it’
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne is being slammed by singers of 80's hip-hop duo L'Trimm for allegedly “ripping off" their hit song and “never paying them a penny."
In an exclusive interview, L'Trimm's Tigra and Bunny D told The Sun that they were shocked to hear the similarities between the dance music performer and troubled Bravo star’s 2018 song and their 1988 hit .
Tigra told The Sun: "It's the exact same hook!
"And Erika never reached out either of us, and we haven’t seen a penny for it, of course. She never even bothered to shout out L’Trimm or tag us or anything."
"The least could do is say, 'Okay, I was inspired by it.’ But to add insult to injury you jack it and pretend that you made it up, like we never existed.
“The craziest thing I really can't wrap my head around is that it's not an obscure song, it's such a well-known song that it's kind of a part of the fabric of hip hop.”
Cars That Go Boom has landed on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs Of All Time, and VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs lists.
Tigra continued: “How privileged can you possibly be that you don't think that people will recognize that you didn't make that up? Or, that we'd never find out?
"There's kind of a reckoning, in this time in history with creators of color, Erika should have said 'Hey, this is their music.'
“I was actually an Erika fan, and that's why I'm kind of brokenhearted.
"I was rooting for her, I saw when she was going through the divorce, and I was like ‘Oh my gosh, my heart is breaking for her.'
" I was like, 'God bless her heart,’ you know, and then I find this out.
MOUNTING LEGAL TROUBLE
Since Erika filed for divorce from her ex, , last year, the exes have been hit with a .
A report filed by an independent trustee investigating the firm's assets claimed Tom's company is in major debt, and still owes $26million to "anywhere from dozens to hundreds of clients."
A portion of these unpaid settlement funds – about $2million – are allegedly meant for the clients involved in the Lion Air Flight 610 crash case.
Erika was also accused of " as a trustee's special litigation counsel previously confirmed that Tom's law firm transferred an eye-opening $20million to her many businesses.
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Following her high profile split, Erika in Pasadena and into a
The performer, who is best known for song XXPEN$IVE, has not released new music since 2019.