Rapper Will.i.am has been accused of stealing a track by British dance producers Mat Zo and Arty.The Voice judge's track Let's Go, which features Chris Brown and appears on his forthcoming
album Willpower, is apparently similar to Rebound, a dance song produced by the UK pair.
The allegation comes just weeks after the Black Eyed Peas star was accused of using some of Tulisa's lyrics on his No.1 hit duet with Britney Spears.After Mat posted a YouTube link to Let's Go on Twitter, Arty tweeted: 'LOL what?'
He later added: 'They never cleared rights through Anjunabeats, who's only one label, who ownes the rights for Rebound (sic).'
Meanwhile, his collaborator Mat quit Twitter shortly after posing the question over Will.i.am's song, prompting Arty to write: 'Now I see why Mat left Twitter, cause he couldn't handle s**t like this.'
However, Mat, who is about to have his first chart hit this Sunday with Mat Zo & Porter Robinson’s Easy, did posted on his Facebook page: 'Will I'm not.'
He also appeared to fans to remain 'respectful' after learning of 'horrific abuse' sent to Will.i.am and Chris on Twitter.
Mat wrote: 'I really and truly appreciate all the support you are giving me and Arty in response to will.i.am's copyright infringement.
'However, this doesn't excuse the horrific abuse you're sending the way of will.i.am and Chris Brown, and it especially doesn't excuse being racist.'
He had earlier written: 'Arty and I are not bitter about this, more surprised. We knew will.i.am was interested in this track, but declined working with him at the time.'In response to the allegations, Chris originally tweeted: 'I don't even know who Mat Zo or Arty is? I ain't go s**t to do wit if ur mad or not. Someone asked for a feature on a record and I did it.'
Although he has since deleted the tweet, he did add: 'I don't listen to that s**t half the time anyway...
'#staypositive.'
The allegations come two months after Tulisa was said to have launched legal proceedings against Will.i.am for royalties of his hit Scream & Shout.
Tulisa is now said to be suing will.i.am even though the track is credited as being written by Jef Martens, Will, and Jean Baptiste.
