Why was 6ix9ine sued over his song Stoopid? Seth Gordon's lawsuit explored as it leads to default judgment against Brooklyn rapper 

On July 25, 2024, rapper 6ix9ine was found liable by the US District Court in a 2020 copyright infringement case brought by Seth Gordon. Gordon sued the rapper and music producer Tay Keith over the song Stoopid for "using his work without proper authorization." The lawsuit sought unstated damages and an injunction that would restrain 6ix9ine from getting the profits of the track.

Gordon's lawsuit claimed that the first nine seconds of Stoopid included a drop he had sent to his promotional company along with his original music. As per Seth Gordon's claim, the company allegedly forwarded the drop to 6ix9ine, who then used it without permission.

The United States District Court passed a default judgment against the MALA rapper and mandated that he must turn over the profits from his album Dummy Boy, which features Stoopid, as well as the individual profits from the track.

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6ix9ine is required to cover Seth Gordon's legal expenses: Details of the copyright infringement case explored

6ix9ine's track Stoopid was released in October 2018 in collaboration with Bobby Shmurda whose verses in the track were recorded via a prison phone call. The track was the rapper's way of addressing his beef with Chief Keef and radio personality Ebro Darden.

According to Revolt, after Seth Gordon sued the FEFE rapper over Stoopid, he mentioned that he gave promoter Take Money some radio drops that included nine seconds of music he wrote and performed. Gordon claims that one of the radio drops he gave Take Money featured lyrics stating:

“Y’all already know, it be the boy Yung Gordon / You rockin’ with Take Money Promotions / Ay Take Money Promotions / Give ‘em that new sh-t, no fool sh- t/ Oh Yeah, let’s go.”

This is the same radio drop 6ix9ine used in Stoopid. According to Gordon, Take Money shared the radio drop with the rapper due to their relationship. While the radio drop was removed from the version of Stoopid available on Spotify, Gordon claimed that it exists in versions of the track streaming on other platforms.

After Gordon sued 6ix9ine for copyright infringement in 2020, the rapper refused to respond to the lawsuit in record time. As a result, the United States District Court issued a default judgment holding the BEBE rapper liable for copyright infringement.

According to the details of the judgment reported by All HipHop, the court decided that 6ix9ine should pay 1/13th of the profits of his album Dummy Boy to Seth Gordon, due to the unauthorized use of Gordon's radio drop in the song. The amount calculated toward the same is $61,538.46.

The TROLLZ rapper is also directed to cover Seth Gordon's legal expenses, which he incurred throughout the litigation battle, comprising $12000 of the attorney's fees.

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In other news, in addition to the latest default judgment against the rapper, his cars, seized by IRS agents in April, were recently auctioned. As per TMZ on July 23, 2024, the rapper Lamborghini Urus was sold for $175,043 and his Bentley Continental GT Speed at $85,500 during the government-run auction.

Neither the rapper nor his attorney have commented on the IRS auctioning the rapper's goods or the default judgment against him in the Seth Gordon case yet.