Usher “The Simpsons” Plagiarism Allegations Surround Hit Single “OMG”

D’oh! Did R&B crooner and Justin Bieber mentor Usher Raymondd rip-off the lyrics to his 2010 summer smash “OMG” from a long forgotten episode of The Simpsons?

The Grammy-winning “Yeah” hitmaker is once again facing plagiarism allegations after jocks at Y101FM in Mississippi noticed some curious similarities between Usher’s and a Christmas carol sung by Homer Simpson in a holiday-themed episode of The Simpsons that first aired in 2003. Music aficionados at Y101 believe two lines from Usher’s “OMG” sound exactly the same as Homer’s Christmas song and they’ve created a mash-up of the two songs to expose the singer’s alleged plagiarism.

We’ll let you be the judge.

Usher’s song, which features Will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas fame, and includes the lyrics: “Honey got a booty like pow, pow, pow. Honey got some boobies like wow, oh wow.”

Compare that with the lyrics in Homer Simpson’s song, first featured in the Simpsons’ episode, “Dude, Where’s My Ranch?” seven years ago. “Christmas in December, wow wow wow. Give me tons of presents, now now now,” the underachieving animated patriarch sang with glee.

What do you say? A mere coincidence or does Usher have some ‘splain to do?

Gossip sites and fan forums, at any rate, are buzzing over the theft allegations, especially since this isn’t the first time Usher has faced accusations of song-stealing.

Last month, songwriter Wadena Pyatt accused the R&B singer and his collaborator Alicia Keys of swiping her song “Caught Up,” which went on to become one of Usher’s best-selling hits. She claims got a recording contract with Alicia Keys’ MBK Entertainment label in 2003 and wrote the cut for inclusion on her debut album, but when she heard the song on Usher’s platinum-selling Confessions disc just a year later, she was not listed as one of the song’s writers.

Pyatt is demanding damages and profits received from sales of the track.