WWE Announcer Greg Hamilton suing WestsideGunn for use of his voice in a Project(Update: Greg Fired

[Starburst]

And sometimes the law is corny
Two things can be true.

It’s not like he don’t support WWE all the time, it’s not like he stealing their shyt and not supporting. Plus he is exposing them to an audience that had long stopped fukking with wrestling. It’s petty and it’s helping wwe so this isn’t a time to be trying to sue.

Now if his whole gimmick was using wwe samples and only sold records because of it then I would understand

If someone used your voice and was making thousands of dollars from it, would that be ok with you?

 

[Threnody]

I'd also sue if the wackest emcee on planet earth used my voice props to Greg

 

[DaHNIC82]

If someone used your voice and was making thousands of dollars from it, would that be ok with you?

Gunn aint making no real money using this dude voice stop the cap... He aint even big enough himself and Gunn can just take his voice out and keep it moving and it wont matter to shyt..

Your average WWE fan probably can't even tell you who this guy until this story came out. He don't even have the personality like that of Howard Finkel, Michael Buffer, or Lilian Garcia.

 

[Ironman]

I was wondering when someone would actually catch on*continues bumping A side*

 

[DaHNIC82]

I was wondering when someone would actually catch on*continues bumping A side*

Which song was it?

 

[Starburst]

Gunn aint making no real money using this dude voice stop the cap... He aint even big enough himself and Gunn can just take his voice out and keep it moving and it wont matter to shyt..

Your average WWE fan probably can't even tell you who this guy until this story came out. He don't even have the personality like that of Howard Finkel, Michael Buffer, or Lilian Garcia.

He’s on WWE Smackdown every week though with 100k followers on Twitter/Instagram. I’m inclined to believe they do know who he is.

Whether it’s $1 or $1,000,000, Westside Gunn is still profiting by using someone’s likeness/voice without permission.

Either get permission, or pay the consequences.

Simple.

 

[Ironman]

He’s on WWE Smackdown every week though with 100k followers on Twitter/Instagram. I’m inclined to believe they do know who he is.

Whether it’s $1 or $1,000,000, Westside Gunn is still profiting by using someone’s likeness/voice without permission.

Either get permission, or pay the consequences.

Simple.

Not sure he's used him a few times. I definitely remember him being used on Hermes7 on Goldberg vs Undertaker

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Truth be told, WSG in the wrong for the sampling shyt but the way Greg Hamilton is going about it is corny as fukk because as someone has pointed out, no one gives a fukk about Greg Hamilton

It's not like you're Howard Finkel or some other beloved pro wrestling voice

Gunn should pay him and let Hamilton get the negative feedback that he rightfully deserves for making such a big deal of it publicly on social media

 

[Zero]

Man if anything They should be PAYING GRISELDA for keeping that stale product afloat to look cool

Gunn aint making no real money using this dude voice stop the cap... He aint even big enough himself and Gunn can just take his voice out and keep it moving and it wont matter to shyt..

 

[Renegade47]

Yeah...until you actually make something of your own.

Or would yall be cool with somebody making money off your work for free?

i literally wouldnt care cus i already ate off my work and if its been a while its prolly not making me money anymore. they wouldnt have to worry. they could reach out and get it cleared just give me my split on the publishing.

if they put it out and i find out later i’ll have them add me on to get future pub.

suing for sampling is corny and rooted in disdain cus rap is a black artform.

 

[Rayzah]

If someone used your voice and was making thousands of dollars from it, would that be ok with you?

I would be great full that someone thinks my work is dope enough to use to make more art. I’m not going to try to sue him.

Second some of us have morals and don’t let the laws dictate how I should handle situations. Now if he asked WSG to include him in on royalties or to stop using it then I can see him suing. But at the end of the day it’s not a big enough deal in THIS case

i literally wouldnt care cus i already ate off my work and if its been a while its prolly not making me money anymore. they wouldnt have to worry. they could reach out and get it cleared just give me my split on the publishing.

if they put it out and i find out later i’ll have them add me on to get future pub.

suing for sampling is corny and rooted in disdain cus rap is a black artform.

exactly that’s my point, if you can’t see how in THIS situation he is corny for suing the. You have other issues. When an artist used your work to make art I’m flattered I’m not going to run to the lawyer to sue him. That’s ridiculous

 

[African Peasant]

If you gonna use someone's voice, image or work, in a lucrative business, ask for permission or cut the check.

It's simple.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Most the stars seem to like WSG

of course this irrelevant cac gotta feel a way

"He recently joined forces with rap legend Master P, investing in House Of Glory Wrestling."


WWE said ok fukk this nikka and found a reason... Plus it's free money.. Likes ain't paying nobody

 

[GetRichOrDieTryin]

WWE doesn't play

They sued the game when he first came out too because Triple H nickname was the game lmfao

 

[Starburst]

If you gonna use someone's voice, image or work, in a lucrative business, ask for permission or cut the check.

It's simple.

I’m inclined to believe that a lot of folk here don’t know how the law works, and are making excuses until it actually happens to them.