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Can 21 Savage Copyright or Trademark the Word ‘Yessirskiii’?

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRapper 21 Savage is getting annoyed at the number of artists using a word he claims he coined, “Yessirskii” — so much that he tweeted on Monday that he wants “50 percent of every song” that uses it.“I need 50 percent of every song that come out with a yessirskiii hook y’all getting outrageous with da biting I gotta get a rabies shot at dis point,” he wrote.While his claim isn’t legally specific, it does open up the question: Can he trademark or copyright the phrase?As detailed by XXL, the term was originally an ad-lib, but became the title of a song he performed with Lil Uzi Vert on the deluxe version of the latter’s “Eternal Atake” album.

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