Claims Hip-Hop Artist Copied Song Dismissed By New York Federal Judge

(February 13, 2024, 1:34 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York in a Feb. 12 order said no reasonable jury could find that “The Box,” a 2019 rap song that spent 11 weeks atop the Billboard “Hot 100” chart, is substantially similar to “Come on Down (Get Your Head Out of the Clouds),” a song released in 1975 by R&B artist Greg Perry....