Mark Ronson Washes His Hands Of 'Uptown Funk' Suit
7/2/2018 12:30 AM PDT
EXCLUSIVE
Mark Ronson[1] might soon start feeling a bounce to his step ... he just settled a second lawsuit over "Uptown Funk."
The mega music producer and Lastrada Entertainment -- which owns rights to Zapp & Roger's 1980 classic "More Bounce to the Ounce" -- settled their legal beef over the hit song ... this according to new legal docs obtained by TMZ.
As we reported ... Lastrada sued Ronson claiming Ronson ripped off[2] Zapp & Roger's funk masterpiece to make the megahit "Uptown Funk" with Bruno Mars[3], who was NOT part of this lawsuit. It's unclear if money changed hands as part of the settlement.
TMZ broke the story ... Bruno and Mark settled their lawsuit[4] with the '80s funk band Collage, which had made similar claims. We were told by a well-placed music industry source there was no financial component to that settlement.
Ronson and Bruno are not out of the woods just yet. A third lawsuit still looms as Angie Stone[5] and her group, The Sequence, want Ronson and Bruno to pay up[6].
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