 Ghostface Killah Announces New Album, 'Twelve Reasons To Die'
While Ghostface Killah makes a renewed effort to collect full
royalties for his work as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, he's
fending off a lawsuit brought by a veteran Hollywood composer at
the same time. Jack Urbont objects to the way the Ghostface
sampled the "Iron Man Theme" for a 2000 solo album.  On
Wednesday (Aug. 10), Dennis "Ghostface Killah" Coles filed a
lawsuit against Universal Music Group for allegedly violating a
contract. The rapper claims that UMG only holds a 25% stake in
Wu-Tang Clan songs, not a 50% copyright interest as has been
asserted. Killah is suing to recover royalties being held by the
music giant.  This isn't the first time that Killah has gone to
the legal mat with claims of being stiffed on the royalty front.
In 2005, Killah sued Wu-Tang Productions and its leader, RZA
after he received smaller-than-expected royalty payments. Four
years later, Killah got the judgment he wanted when a New York
judge held that Wu-Tang P