Some celebs have given a side eye for name drops from certain artists while others appreciate the honorable mention.
Certain celebs have adopted the Destiny Child's "say my name, say my name" attitude and some would rather go unnoticed.
So we've hand-selected five name drops in songs celebrities just don't like.
1. Rosa Parks
Outkast's 1999 release named after Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks led to a lawsuit. Parks, famously known for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Alabama, sued the duo and LaFace Records over the song. In the lawsuit, Parks claimed the song misappropriated her name. She also objected to some of the song's vulgar language.
"Ah ha, hush that fuss/Everybody move to the back of the bus/Do you wanna bump and slump with us/We the type of people make the club get crunk," Outkast raps on the song's chorus.
Parks interpreted the lyrics to mean, "[b]e quiet and stop the commotion. OutKast is coming back out [with new music] so all other MCs [mic checkers, rappers, Master of Ceremonies] step aside. Do you want to ride and hang out with us? OutKast is the type of group to make the clubs get hyped-up/excited." She argued the song's lyrics did not reference her biographically, metaphorically, or symbolically.
The initial lawsuit was dismissed. Parks received a cash settlement in 2005 and Outkast agreed to work with the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in creating educational programs about the life of Rosa Parks.
2. Monica Lewinsky
President Bill Clinton's former intern may be the most referenced woman in music when it comes to sexual innuendos. From Nicki Minaj to Kid Cudi to Eminem, just about everyone has mentioned Lewinsky's dirty deed in the Oval Office. Most recently, Beyonce gave her a shout out on "Partition" from her self-titled 2013 album.
On the track, Beyonce sings, "He popped all my buttons and he ripped my blouse. He Monica Lewinski'd all on my gown."
Back in May, Lewinsky corrected the "On The Run" diva in a piece written for Vanity Fair. "Thanks, Beyoncé, but if we're verbing, I think you meant 'Bill Clinton'd all on my gown,' not 'Monica Lewinsky'd,'" she wrote.
Lewinsky says she's ready to ditch that image.
"It's time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress," she wrote. "I am determined to have a different ending to my story. I've decided, finally, to stick my head above the parapet so that I can take back my narrative and give a purpose to my past. (What this will cost me, I will soon find out)."
3. Rihanna
The dust has finally settled in the Chris Brown and Rihanna ordeal, or so it seems, but it's kind of hard to forget their infamous domestic violence incident, especially when it's still being referenced in music.
In 2012, YMCMB rapper Tyga released his Well Done mixtape featuring the track "Switch Lanes" with the Game.
In the Game's original verse he raps, "Shoutout my n***a Breezy and beat it like Rihanna." Game and Brown have a close personal relationship and have collaborated on tracks like "Pot of Gold" and "Celebration."
Though there was no public dispute over the lyric, it was later changed to, "Shoutout my n***a Breezy...shoutout to Rihanna."
4. Rick Ross
The MMG boss has caught a lot of heat since his 2006 debut. Convicted drug lord "Freeway" Rick Ross sued the rapper for using his name and accused him of appropriating his image and likeness in his music.
The lawsuit was initially dismissed but a California judge later said the rapper is entitled to use the name because of First Amendment reasons. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. In 2010, Ross (the rapper) released "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)."
"I think I'm Big Meech ... Larry Hoover," he proclaims on the track.
Meech, who came out as a fan of Ross's "B.M.F.," is the founder of the Black Mafia Family, a drug trafficking organization originally based in Detroit. Hoover, who co-founded the Crips-affiliated Gangster Disciples outlaw network in Chicago in the late '60s, wasn't so supportive however and had the rapper banned from performing in states including Illinois, Colorado, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina.
Back in 2012, Ross was forced to cancel a show in Greensboro, North Carolina.
5. Lindsay Lohan
Former child star Lindsay Lohan sued rapper Pitbull in 2011 over the song, "Give Me Everything." The song includes the line, "So, I'm toptoein', to keep flowin', I got it locked up, like Lindsay Lohan."
Apparently, Lohan didn't agree with the mention of her run-in with the law and claimed the lyric was a violation of her publicity and publicity rights. She claimed the lyric caused her emotional distress.
Lohan also said the song "includes an unwarranted, unauthorized, and unfavorable mention of [her] name and personality, and allusions to [her] physical and mental character."
Her lawsuit was dismissed.
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