Songwriter Claims She Wrote ''Caught Up''
1:00PM ET November 22nd, 2010
Contributor : Hip Hop Blog Staff
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Songwriter Wadena Pyatt filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York claiming that Alicia Keys and Usher plagiarized a song by Pyatt for their 2004 hit "Caught Up." Pyatt claims she wrote the original version of "Caught Up" in 2002, while she was under contract with MBK, which is owned by Keys and her business partner, Jeffery Robinson.

Pyatt claims she signed a record deal in 2003 and planned to release the song on her own debut album, and was shocked when she discovered the tune was contained on Usher's hit album Confessions.

She's suing for a full accounting, as well as damages disgorgement of any profits received from sales of "Caught Up."