Jaden Smith Album Rips Off Louis the Child; Apologizes

Jaden Smith is no stranger to the spotlight, but this time the son of world-famous actor Will Smith is involved in a controversial matter related to plagiarism on his “This is the Album” EP. 

Here’s a timeline of the events:

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1. Jaden Smith debuts “This is the Album” EP on Feb. 5.

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2. Reviews start falling in. Boombox calls it “The effort plays as an excursion through the mind of Jaden, who raps and wails on top of the sparse production with impressive results. BET calls it “unsurprisingly melancholy, although it shows more in the growth department for the budding young rhymer.” Pigeons & Planes called it, “Solid production provided by Daniel D’Artiste throughout.”

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3. Approximately 20 days later, outlets such as Trap Style report “Jaden Smith and Willom Smith just stole a Louis the Child beat.” Louis the Child is a Chicago-based duo conformed of Freddy Kennett and Robby Hauldren.

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4. People. Are. Pissed. Here are just some of the Soundcloud comments:

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5. Jaden Smith tweets he blushes when people say he has a ghostwriter on Feb. 24. He may or may not be confusing the term “ghostwriter” with the term “plagiarism”.

I Blush When You Say I Have A Ghostwriter.

— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) February 24, 2015

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6. Producer The Pyrvmids gets wind of all of this and apologizes for “sampling” Louis The Child on Feb. 25. 

@LouisTheChild that was clearly a sample and our bad for not giving credit when it was due in the first place. I was inspired. Apologies. — THE PYRVMIDS (@ThePyrvmids) February 25, 2015

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7. The album’s other producer, Daniel D’Artiste joins the apology party.

Without @LouisTheChild this record wouldn’t be possible so, THANK YOU. https://t.co/aboQ1O0Wsi

— D’ARTISTE (@DANIELDARTISTE) February 25, 2015

 

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8. The person who uploaded the EP to his/her Soundcloud page retweets the producers’ apologies.

So, what do you think? Honest mistake on part of the producers and forgetting to credit the proper artists or apologies from somebody who is backed against a corner? Listen to both songs below and let us know:

https://soundcloud.com/officialitndylan/moon-in-my-room-ft-willow-smith

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