Do you mind giving up your seat so that Trade Songz can have a place to sit his tired ass down at?
In stunt queen news of the day, The New York Post reports that an attorney representing Trey Songz sent a cease and desist letter to Dave “The Mogul” Hester of A&E reality show ‘Storage Wars’ demanding that Hester stop yelling Trigga’s “signature sound” during the show’s auctions of seized goods. He also wants Hester to stop printing “YUUUP!” on merchandise.
Whatever Tremaine. Young Buck could have sued you for coming on the scene parlaying his signature struggle cornrows for a nice lil’ come-up but he didn’t. He let you live.
According to Hester’s Manhattan federal court filing, Songz claims to have used “YUUUP! as his “signature sound” since at least 2009.
Hester, however, argues that Songz’ version “resembles an animal-like or non-human squeal which begins with a distinct ‘yeeee’ sound before finishing with a squeal-like ‘uuuup’ sound.” [LOLz -- Fresh]
That’s “distinct and different from Hester’s more monosyllabic sounding guttural auction bidding phrase…which is meant to convey the meaning of ‘yes,’ ” court papers say.
Hester’s suit seeks unspecified damages and a court order barring Songz from “interfering” with his use of “YUUUP!” which Hester trademarked in September.
Songz’ management firm didn’t respond to a request for comment.