Mariah Carey’s response to a viral clip of Baltimore rapper YTK’s sampling of her hit song “Shake It Off” has many people wondering if she’s being serious or just kidding around.
On Friday RNB Radar CEO Tommy Banks tweeted a snippet YTK’s new track “Let It Off,” which samples her 2005 hit, along with the caption, “Mariah Carey has 24 hours to respond.”
Mimi answered his challenge and replied, “How about y’all have 24 hours to respond to my lawyers.”
However, the Twitter feud seems to be a big joke.
“Hey I want to reiterate that Mariah was joking, please stop saying rude stuff to her,” RNB Radar wrote alongside a screenshot of what appears to be a DM with he Roots drummer Questlove about clearing the sample.
“She told that same joke to Quest Love hours before she responded to the tweet and put us in contact with the people who can help us clear it! so it’s not a problem on her end,” the tweet continued.
Questlove also responded by recalling a similar situation in which Erykah Badu needed Paul McCartney’s permission to sample a Wings track on her song “Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long.”
“I’m DYIN. I helped with the Mariah sample cause 11 years ago we were in the same situation in which Erykah has 24 hours to clear ‘Gone Baby Don’t Be Long’ which Paul McCartney & Lenny Kravitz saw the tweet & hit up Stella to hit her pops & the song was saved!” Questlove tweeted, along with the hashtag #PayItForward.
Whatever the case, YTK’s “Let It Off” is blowing up Twitter. “In 24 hours: I was able to get YTK 5 million impressions Almost 1 million views 100’s of celebrities retweeting it and Mariah herself responded,” Banks claims.
Source-ABC
