Barry White Trust Says Duo Stole Hit Song’s ‘Iconic’ Bass Line

The Barry White Family Trust sued a pair of musical artists it accused of lifting the bass line from the soul singer’s copyrighted hit “I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Babe” for their own 1986 song that’s now been sampled in a chart-topper by Future and Kendrick Lamar.

Hiphop artists Rodney Oliver—known as Rodney-O—and Joe Cooley copied the “iconic, immediately recognizable bass line” of White’s 1973 release in their song “Everlasting Bass,” a sample of which is featured in the 2024 rap hit “Like That,” according to the complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the ...