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"Ain't Nobody Got Time for That" video star Sweet Brown is suing Apple.


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Megan Rose Dickey reports:

Even though she doesn't have time for bronchitis, Oklahoma City resident Kimberly Wilkins — better known on the Internet as Sweet Brown — does have time to sue Apple.

She's suing over an iTunes song that sampled a few of her catchphrases, according to NewsOk.

Sweet Brown got her first fifteen minutes of fame when she told a local TV-news station that she fled a burning apartment building because she suffered from bronchitis, and "ain't nobody got time for that." 

The video became a viral sensation, amassing 1 million views on YouTube within 48 hours. Sweet Brown is seeking to profit from her Internet fame by becoming a celebrity spokesperson — and that may actually bolster her case.

Sweet Brown is suing Apple, a radio program called The Bob Rivers Show, and a handful of other parties for unauthorized use of her likeness, according to court documents.

The basis of the lawsuit stems from a song called "I Got Bronchitis." The Bob Rivers Show, according to Sweet Brown's complaint, produced the song with samples from Wilkins' interview with the local TV-news station. The song sampled phrases like, "Ain't nobody got time for that," "Ran for my life," and "Oh, Lord Jesus it's a fire."

Suing Apple?!

Sweet Brown - I got time for that - gif - PandaWhale

Apple has since removed the song from iTunes.

If you want to see the original news report in the form of music video, watch the video below—before it draws a lawsuit, too.

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