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“One More Time" became Daft Punk’s biggest hit & first million-selling single, sampling Eddie Johns' 1979 song "More Spell on You.”

Though Daft Punk confirmed they have, for years, paid royalties to officially license the sample, he hasn’t seen a dime latimes.com/entertainment-…
When Daft Punk swept the 2014 #Grammys sampling his song, Eddie Johns was living on the streets.

Unlike other, more prominent sampled acts on Daft Punk's “Random Access Memories," he is not credited as a songwriter on the publishing for “One More Time”
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The Liberian-born singer, now 70, struggled with homelessness here for more than a decade.

He had a stroke 10 years ago that left him unable to work and forced him onto the streets or into shelters latimes.com/entertainment-… Image
Determining what, exactly, Eddie Johns is owed two decades after Daft Punk sampled his song will be complicated.

@AugustBrown explains why⬇️
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