[Bruce Wang]

Thanks for filling us in.  So glad I asked.  At first, I thought I had not heard of Tom Lehrer.  After reading about him on Wikipedia, I realized I had in the account below.  That account had described him as a Harvard academic and not as a professional comedian.

From Wikipedia:

Lehrer's song "The Old Dope Peddler" is sampled in rapper 2 Chainz's song "Dope Peddler", on his 2012 debut album, Based on a T.R.U. Story. The following year, Lehrer said he was "very proud" to have his song sampled "literally sixty years after I recorded it." Lehrer went on to describe his official response to the request to use his song: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you [motherf'rs] permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"

[Bruce Wang]

Thanks for filling us in.  So glad I asked.  At first, I thought I had not heard of Tom Lehrer.  After reading about him on Wikipedia, I realized I had in the account below.  That account had described him as a Harvard academic and not as a professional comedian.

From Wikipedia:

Lehrer's song "The Old Dope Peddler" is sampled in rapper 2 Chainz's song "Dope Peddler", on his 2012 debut album, Based on a T.R.U. Story. The following year, Lehrer said he was "very proud" to have his song sampled "literally sixty years after I recorded it." Lehrer went on to describe his official response to the request to use his song: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you [motherf'rs] permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"