Bruno Mars Sued By Rap Group For "Uptown Funk" Similarities

Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson created the Grammy-winning single, "Uptown Funk" that was released in 2014. 

The popular song is accused by the rap group, The Sequence, of being  just too similar to their 70s hit. The Sequence, released "Funk You Up" in 1979 that became the first rap song to reach Billboard's Top 50 Singles. ​The suit says Bruno's track has "significant and substantially similar compositional elements."

The trio is asking for an unspecified sum of money and trial to go after Bruno and Mark. This isn't the first time "Uptown Funk" has fought copyright issues. Back in Septemeber, Roger Troutman and Zapp came after Mark for allegedly stealing pieces of their 1980 track "More Bounce to the Ounce." The duo claimed the first 48-seconds of the song has the same sounds of their classic track.

Mark and Bruno's team have yet to respond to the latest allegations.