BOSSIP Exclusive: Prince And Spike Lee Sued Over Song Theft

James Brandon Says Prince Pilfered His Group’s Hit For “Girl 6” Soundtrack

A musician has accused Prince of ripping off his band’s music to create the title song for a Spike Lee film, slapping him with a lawsuit demanding more than $150,000.

James Brandon filed a federal lawsuit against singer Prince, director Spike Lee and Warner Bros Records, that claims Prince stole his group’s song “Phone Sex.”

Brandon states that Spike Lee directed a film entitled “Girl 6” back in 1996, which features a song on the soundtrack by the same name which was produced and sung by Prince.

He says that back in the early 90’s he was the manager of a group entitled “GOMAB” which created the song “Phone Sex” which wasn’t copyrighted until 2013.

The man explains that while promoting the band’s song in 1993, he met with Clarence Lee – Spike Lee’s uncle – who took interest in the song and was so impressed he called Spike on the phone in front of Brandon.

He claims that Spike then requested the music be forwarded to the soundtrack coordinator for his film “Girl 6” which had yet to be released.

But Brandon said he never heard back from Spike or his uncle, and then when the film was released he realized Prince’s song in the film had substantial and significant similarities to his band’s song “Phone Sex.”

The musician/manager has filed suit claiming copyright infringement claiming Spike and Prince used his groups work without permission and mislead the public into thinking it was independently created.

He says he suffered damages and will continue to lose money due to Prince ripping off his work.

We’ve reached out to Prince’s reps for comment.

Brandon is demanding an injunction against the singer from continuing to release the song along with $150,000 for every infringement that the singer allegedly committed.