Matt Martians Says He Was Never Compensated For A Sample On Kendrick Lamar’s “A.D.H.D.”
The Section.80 track samples the Martians-produced “The Knight Hawk” from his The Jet Age of Tomorrow project.
The Internet's Matt Martians called out Top Dawg Entertainment's Sounwave on Twitter, accusing the producer and TDE of skipping out on payment for a sample used in 2011. The song in question is Kendrick Lamar "A.D.H.D." from his debut studio album Section.80. The song samples the 2010 track "The Knight Hawk,” a song produced by Martians for his Odd Future project The Jet Age of Tomorrow.
Martians responded to Sounwave's tweet about finding rare samples, writing, "So u don't have to pay folks like u STILL haven't paid me for sampling "ADHD.'" Martians elaborated on the situation in a response to another account: "We all agreed on it and had a ‘check’ / ‘deal’ cut that never came.” In January, Martians released his debut solo album, The Drum Chord Theory.
A representative for Matt Martians declined to comment further to The FADER.