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Probably the most famous case of music plagiarism is still Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice.

The song copied the exact intro from Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen.

When Ice Ice Ice Baby came out,

people would hear that iconic bass line

and be totally jarred when some guy yelled,

let's kick it,

instead of the piano coming in.

Initially, Vanilla Ice famously claimed

that the songs were different.

That's the way there's goes. Ours goes,. Ding ding ding ding ding ding.

That's the way there's goes.

Ours goes, ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding.

Ding ding that little bitty change.

It's not the same.

He later admitted to simply sampling the song.

He claimed that he was just joking about them being totally different.

Queen and David Bowie threatened a lawsuit, but settled out of court.

Now they get royalties, and all of them were added to the songwriting credits.

Rap music is sampling, and people who don't understand rap music, they say, well, he borrows this or steals this.

Rap music, every major rap artist in the world samples music, you know.

The Vanilla Ice thing became such a joke

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