Ice Spice Reaches Settlement in “In Ha Temper” Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

In January, Ice Spice was sued by two musicians—Duval “D.Chamberz” Chamberlain and Kenley “Kass the Producer” Carmenate—who claimed that her Like..? EP hit “In Ha Temper” copied their unique single “In That Temper,” which the 2 launched on D.Chamberz’s Growth Bap 2 Drill Rap in July 2022. The lawsuit additionally named her producer RiotUSA, Common Music Group, Capitol Data, and 10K Initiatives. Now, Ice Spice has reached a settlement with D.Chamberz and Kass the Producer, in line with courtroom paperwork seen by Pitchfork.

The current movement, which was filed in a New York federal courtroom this previous Friday, states that each events’ attorneys agreed to resolve the lawsuit. Particular phrases of the deal, nonetheless, weren’t disclosed, past that every aspect will “bear [their] personal prices, attorneys’ charges, and bills.” Pitchfork has reached out to each events for remark.

Within the preliminary lawsuit, D.Chamberz outlined how he and Kass the Producer made “In That Temper” earlier than previewing it on Instagram on August 8, 2021. Aside from a two-week window the place the track was on streaming platforms in the beginning of 2022, it wasn’t out there to listen to till Growth Bap 2 Drill Rap got here out that summer time. The Coney Island rapper additionally claimed that he carried out “In That Temper” stay in New York “a minimum of 36 instances” earlier than Ice Spice launched “In Ha Temper” in January 2023, and that his track acquired “vital airplay” on native radio stations Scorching 97 and Energy 105.1, thus giving Ice Spice and her producer RiotUSA an opportunity to listen to it.

D.Chamberz and Kass the Producer alleged that there have been particular similarities between “In That Temper” and “In Ha Temper,” together with that the 2 songs have related titles, share “the identical hip-hop rap and ‘drill’ type,” and use “related hook/refrain lyrics.” Additionally they claimed the songs share “an nearly equivalent tempo” and “an identical rhythm.”

On the finish of 2023, Ice Spice introduced “In Ha Temper” to Saturday Evening Reside for her debut efficiency on the late-night TV program. Her first album, Y2K!, got here out in the summertime.