OK Juggalos, I usually try to keep my opinions out of articles I post, but I was so blown away by the ridiculousness of this lawsuit that I don’t think I’ll be able to do it without sounding some sort of slanted.
First, the basics. A poet named Stanley Gebhardt wrote a poem back in 1993 called “But You Didn’t” and it was eventually published in a book titled “A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul”. The book sold millions of copies, and someone in your family probably owns it.
Click the pic to view book details
At some point in the early 2000s when the ICP hotline was still regularly updated, Violent J came on and read the poem verbatim with no introduction other than “Everyone just listen to me.” He followed the poem and stated:
Keep the ones you love close to you and make sure they know you love them all the time. Because anything can happen at any time. Make sure whoever you love knows that you love them. Because this world can be a pretty shocking place sometimes.
You can hear the hotline recording in question below:
As of Tuesday, the original poet is now suing the Insane Clown Posse for copyright infringement. You can see the article detailing it at FREEP.com. Violent J called into the hotline to leave a new message for everyone to hear. The hotline is and always has been 100% Free. Some ninja was touched by the message, so he recorded it. That recording got passed around and eventually ended up on Youtube. The Insane Clown Posse NEVER put it out to make a dime on it, nor did they intend for it to be uploaded online. ICP / Psychopathic Records didn’t even upload it…a random Juggalo did!
From what I can gather, the original author and his lawyer thinks that ICP had it on an album and made some sort of money on it. This isn’t the case, and I hope whomever the judge is (if it makes it to court) sees this and throws it out immediately.
What are your thoughts on all of this?
Faygoluvers Comments
djscrubb
Comment posted on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 12:47 pm GMT -5 at 12:47 pm
Scumbags just tryin to make some extra cash. Oh and to get their lame ass book talked about again.
Guest
Comment posted on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 01:03 pm GMT -5 at 1:03 pm
I used to put this cut on mixtapes (CDs) back when it was first circulating. I always loved it and yeah, I guess I assumed J wrote it. That was my assumption and he certainly doesn’t imply that he wrote it however. Leagaly, the original author has nothing, as SD pointed out, the hotline is free. This wasn’t even PSY. The most he could do is issue a C&D and try to get the content removed from the internet. Ask Barbra Streisand how that worked out. Dude should be honored. VJ gave his poem a life and an audience it would have never had and he didn’t attempt to monitize it. Let it go, chicken soup man.
TheShadow
Comment posted on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 01:16 pm GMT -5 at 1:16 pm
My thoughts?… bullllshit. Leave j alone. He has enough bs on his plate.
Xanarki
Comment posted on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 04:05 pm GMT -5 at 4:05 pm
Maybe I should upload this to the Unreleased Underground section, since this is a publicity lawsuit after all!
dribblybob
Comment posted on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 05:25 pm GMT -5 at 5:25 pm
Boo Hoo no daddy poem is gay. And fuck J and the shadow too. I will be astonished if this goes to court.
dribblybob
Comment posted on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 05:28 pm GMT -5 at 5:28 pm
Deadbeat daddy poem*
Sorry
Puff
Comment posted on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 07:50 pm GMT -5 at 7:50 pm
Hes just jelly of how dope Juggalos are and wants cash from ICP so he can feel better about the fact he fucks the ham sammiches his mother makes him.
Puff
Comment posted on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 07:52 pm GMT -5 at 7:52 pm
Maybe he should write a poem about it insteada writing out court papers. Faggot.
Buttermilkluvnugget17
Comment posted on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 09:32 pm GMT -5 at 9:32 pm
Was not sold so no infringement
purplekushy
Comment posted on Friday, March 31st, 2017 12:42 am GMT -5 at 12:42 am
Its the year of the 17…. meaning 17 bad things will happen. Lets have a count. 1. Young wicked drama 2. Twiztid fall out 3. MNE declines invitation 4. Blahzay Roze 5. This stupid Lawsuit….. well 5 bad in 3 months we are on pace lol did i miss anything?? #seventeenin’
Guest
Comment posted on Friday, March 31st, 2017 01:46 am GMT -5 at 1:46 am
6. purplekushy’s post
Puff
Comment posted on Friday, March 31st, 2017 07:13 am GMT -5 at 7:13 am
#7. My frothy asshole
TheFvckinKreeper
Comment posted on Friday, March 31st, 2017 05:25 pm GMT -5 at 5:25 pm
I thought they said it was a list of BAD things…
scruffy
Comment posted on Friday, March 31st, 2017 09:11 pm GMT -5 at 9:11 pm
right…?
guess juggalos oughtta start bein a lil more careful what they wish for.
Pigg
Comment posted on Saturday, April 1st, 2017 08:45 am GMT -5 at 8:45 am
So wait, Melania Trump can plagarize a speech and it’s fine, but J uses a poem he likes, on a free radio program with next to no influence, and then ICP gets sued? Makes perfect sense!
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