![]() ![]() XXL has reached out to Lil Peep’s team, XXXTentacion's team and the attorney for Richard Hoff for comment. Christian Krankemann of Krankemann Law offices. He also wants the defendants to cover his legal fees. Hoff is seeking an injunction on the song and monetary damages for the infringement as permitted by law. Interestingly, Hoff is not suing the rappers’ estates. ![]() Strangely, in the lawsuit, Hoff mentions XXXTentacion and Lil Peep as if they are still alive, claiming defendants are receiving royalties for the song without contacting him and stating they live in California. Additionally, the single also reached gold status in November of 2018. The song also appeared on Lil Peep's second studio album, Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. The lawsuit states that "Falling Down" was a commercial success garnering 21 million views on YouTube and 20 million plays on Spotify as well as a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Hoff claims his guitar riff was sped up, filtered, looped and equalized, but the riff still sounds similar despite it being altered. Hoff claims that on June 13, 2018, he posted his song "Under My Breath" on SoundCloud and three months later, on Sept.19, 2018, "Falling Down" was released and the alleged sampled guitar riff was featured on the track.
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