T.I. is speaking out about the continued “Blurred Lines” litigation.
The rapper, who was found earlier this month by a jury to not have infringed on Marvin Gaye‘s 1977 tune “Got to Give It Up,” says he is not worried that Gaye’s family has filed a motion to still hold him accountable. Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke have been ordered to pay $7.4 million to the Gaye estate because of their song’s similarity to Gaye’s.
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“I have nothing but admiration and respect for the legacy and the estate of Marvin Gaye, and I have nothing but support and extreme admiration for my partner Pharrell,” T.I. told TMZ.
“I know that I’m a writer, I’m a creator — I don’t steal from anybody creatively when I make my music,” he said. “I know that, and I think that anybody with common sense is going to be able to see it whenever they listen to it.”
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T.I., who can be seen later this year in the films Get Hard, Entourage and Ant-Man, added, “I’ll be exonerated because I know I did the right thing.”
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