Dr. Dre fighting new rap rip-off

NEW YORK, July 14 (UPI) -- Rap godfather Dr. Dre is fighting in Manhattan federal court to stop a bid to prove Dre's a serial plagiarist.

Dre and his protege Eminem are being sued for $10 million by French jazz musician Jacques Loussier, who claims the pair used his music on Slim Shady's "Kill You."

In court documents obtained by the New York Post, Loussier's lawyers say Dre -- whose real name is Andre Young -- has been bombarded with at least eight copyright suits in the past three years.

He's become such a target due to his "long history of copyright infringement" that he's hired "musicologist" Earl Spielman to advise him on whether he can copy music riffs without getting busted, the court papers say.

"When Mr. Young hears music he likes, it is his habit to take it," lawyer Martin Garbus claims.