**AITA for thinking Al Green’s estate is just now discovering the concept of "No means no"?**
Okay, so the late, great soul legend Al Green’s estate just announced they’re suing a rapper for sampling that iconic "Let's Stay Together" hook without permission.
Here’s the tea: apparently the rapper used the sample in a song that features lyrics about, I dunno, existence and probably some mumble-core nonsense. The estate is now filing a cease and desist, claiming the unauthorized use “damages the integrity” of the work.
But here’s the kicker: this is the same Al Green who, in 1978, had his then-girlfriend famously *pour a pot of boiling grits on him in the shower* for, uh, not respecting boundaries. And he just... stayed? The man literally sang "I'm so in love with you" *while covered in third-degree burns.*
TL;DR: Al Green’s estate is getting litigious about a sample 45 years after the master himself survived a literal hot breakfast attack for being a clueless romantic.
AITA for thinking the grits were a more effective cease and desist than any lawsuit?
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