As reported previously, Dr. Dre's protege, Truth Hurts was part of a lawsuit against her hit single, "Addictive" (Feat. Rakim) from her debut album, Truthfully Speaking, which to date has sold around 600,000 copies.

The original lawsuit from Saregama India Ltd, the Bombay-based film and music company that produced the original recording of Lahiri's song, filed its own suit last month seeking $500 million in damages.

This latest case is from "Lahiri" - which claims the track "borrowed heavily and without permission from a 20-year-old Hindi song." The lawsuit also charges the producers, including Dr. Dre, with a form of "cultural imperialism" by not crediting Third World artists. According to Billboard the original songwriter "Bappi Lahiri" filed suit in U.S. District Court in L.A on Tuesday seeking a halt to the further sales of the release "Truthfully Speaking" on Aftermath Records. The defendants didnt just name Dr. Dre in the lawsuit but also Aftermath parent Interscope and the Universal Music Group. The Universal spokesperson said the company does not comment on "pending litigation". Dre's lawyer, Howard King, however said :"Lahiri was trying to capitalize on Dr. Dre's celebrity". The case claims that the producers of "Addictive" (DJ Quik was the actual producer of the track) lifted four minutes of the original recording by Indian artist Lata Mangeshkar from the song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai." Lahiri's lawyer said : "They literally superimposed their own drum track and lyrics over the beat, it's not just a small loop. It's our opinion that the label simply took it for granted that Hindi music was something they didn't need pay for, that it could be used simply at will"

Dr. Dre's lawyer is said to have said that his client had little to do with the production of "Truthfully Speaking." (which if that quote is true is false, as Dre was Exectutive producer, laced 3 beats and mixed much of the album) "There's no reason for him to be a defendant in this lawsuit, except that somebody's taking advantage of his name," King said. "He didn't write or perform on the record. It happens to have been released on a label he's part owner of." (That later comment must be relevent to just the track in question)

We will keep you posted as to how this unfolds.