Home Team Sues Dupri & Jacquees — ALLEGED Pick It Up Theft

Home Team (Van & Patrick Watler, Florida) sued Jermaine Dupri, Jacquees, and Mass Appeal in S.D. Florida Sep 21 — ALLEGED that 2023 "Pick It Up" copied their 1992 Luke Records track without credit or pay. Seek $150K+, writer credit, publishing share. Filing CONFIRMED (AllHipHop + HotNewHipHop Sep 23). Infringement ALLEGED — case pending.

Van & Patrick Watler (Home Team, Florida) filed federal copyright suit Watler et al v. Mauldin et al on Sep 21, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Jermaine Dupri (Mauldin), Jacquees, and Mass Appeal Media.

They allege Dupri/Jacquees'' 2023 song "Pick It Up" copied protected lyrics and music from Home Team''s 1992 Luke Records track "Pick It Up" (Via Satellite from Saturn) without credit or pay. Home Team seeks more than $150,000 in damages, writer credit, a publishing share, a full accounting of earnings, and a possible injunction against further sales of the disputed work.

Home Team''s original dropped July 3, 1992 via Luke Records. The Dupri/Jacquees release and official video are dated around Sep 22, 2023 through Mass Appeal. The complaint claims substantial earnings via streams, sales, radio, and licensing but does not break those figures down in detail.

Filing CONFIRMED (AllHipHop exclusive Sep 23 2026 ~3:05pm ET by Grouchy Greg Watkins; HotNewHipHop Sep 23 by Erika Marie). Copyright infringement remains ALLEGED — case pending, no court finding of infringement. Neither Dupri nor Jacquees has publicly responded in coverage reviewed. Never stamp GUILTY / stolen as fact.

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