Usher accused of lifting 'Burn' tune from 90's songwriter's 'Reasons Why'
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Last Updated: Fri, Sep 23, 2011 15:21 hrs
'Nice and Slow' singer Usher is the latest star to get embroiled in a plagiarism allegation.
The 32-year-old star was charged by a little-known songwriter Ernest Lee Straughter, who claims the hitmaker's chart topping hit 'Burn' is more than a little similar to his track 'The Reasons Why'.
The Singer-songwriter has filed a suit against Usher, his co-writers and producer Jermaine Dupri, reported Contactmusic.
A California federal judge has accepted a musicologist's report that noted substantial similarity between the two songs.
According to Billboard.com, Usher's lawyers are pleading with the judge to re-examine the case.
Straughter's tune appeared on an album by R andB group Reel Tight under the name No More Pain in 1998. (ANI)
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