Baltimore rapper YTK and his team tried to use Mariah Carey for clout.

It may have backfired.

YTK spun Mariah's 2005 hit “Shake It Off” into his track “Let It Off”, which had a lot more gunplay than the original.

Then his A&R man issued a challenge to Mariah.

Mariah Carey has 24 hours to respond. pic.twitter.com/t3tbDu6K96

— Tommy Banks (@rnbtommy) May 7, 2021

Mariah wasn't feeling it and made it clear they were going to have trouble clearing the sample.

How about y'all have 24 hours to respond to my lawyers 💜 https://t.co/53Jg01jINK pic.twitter.com/bO0HC36x2z

— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) May 8, 2021

Do you think Mariah's being serious about the lawyers or is she just having fun?