Gwen Stefani is in hot water with her former hairstylist, Richard Morrill is suing the singer for $25 million over her song “Spark the Fire!!!”

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CelebNMusic247.com has got the latest on Gwen Stefani and collaborator, Pharrell Williams, who have been SLAPPED with a $25 million for her 2014 hit, “Spark the Fire.”

You might remember the song was used in a Mastercard commercial, as seen below:

Obviously, Richard Morrill of L.A.P.D., with band members James Shaffer, Reginald Arvizu, David Silveria who moved on to become the powerhouse rock punk band KORN. Richard, is NOT a member of KORN like other outlets are claiming.

Since Gwen has cashed in some major loot from the her 2014 hit, “Spark the Fire,” Morrill has decided to get some of those coins. He is claiming that Stefani and Pharrell’s 2014 song “Spark the Fire” infringes upon his own song “Who’s Got My Lightah,” written in 1996.

Gwen Stefani hit with a “Spark the Fire,” Lawsuit:

Per E! News:

The court documents detail that Richard played his song, “Who’s Got My Lightah,” to Gwen in 1998 and later gave her a copy of the tune he recorded with his band L.A.P.D. However, he now claims the mother-of-three used the chorus he wrote.

Not only does Richard state that the melody and rhythm of “Spark the Fire” is identical to his, he notes that the chorus shares similar lyrics and the same key as his tune.

The original chorus includes lyrics, “Who’s got my lightah,” while Gwen sings, “Who got the lighter, let’s spark the fire,” echoing the same pronunciation of fire as “fi-yah.”

Richard is now asking for compensation to account for the profits the pair “enjoyed at his expense” and is demanding the singers pay for any and all “corrective advertising necessary due to harm to the exclusivity of the copyright and other misleading aspects…” the site reports.

Checkout Gwen Stefani’s “Spark the Fire” video:

Word of advice to all aspiring artists/singers/writers:

NEVER give your music to an established artist. They can’t help but to steal. They may NOT do it consciously,  sometimes artist hear something and then a month, a year or more later they come up with it. Thinking its an original idea, forgetting that they nabbed it from another artist who is still trying to make it. Copyright your lyrics register it, and protect it! Don’t be like Richard Morrill of the former band, L.A.P.D..