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"Chipotle beef! Singer Frank Ocean is currently in the middle of a &amp;quot;meaty&amp;quot; feud with Chipotle Mexican Grill. The &amp;quot;Thinkin Bout You&amp;quot; crooner, 26, was sued by the chain on Friday, March 7 after he failed to return the company&amp;apos;s $212,500 advance. Ocean received the money in July 2013 to record his rendition of the popular Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory tune &amp;quot;Pure Imagination&amp;quot; for Chipotle&amp;apos;s ad campaign.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nOcean backed out of campaign, called &amp;quot;The Scarecrow,&amp;quot; which was meant to promote local and sustainably-sourced food after noticing that Chipotle&amp;apos;s logo was featured at the end of the more than three-minute clip.&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;When Frank was asked to participate in this project, Chipotle&amp;apos;s representatives told him that the thrust of the campaign was to promote responsible farming,&amp;quot; Ocean&amp;apos;s legal team wrote in a letter in August 2013. &amp;quot;There was no Chipotle reference or logo in the initial presentation, and Chipotle told Frank that was an intentional element of the campaign. Frank was also promised that he&amp;apos;d have the right to approve the master and all advertising.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe Grammy winner seems to have returned the Mexican food chain&amp;apos;s money, posting a picture of a check with the exact amount due to his official tumblr page. In the memo line, there&amp;apos;s a hand-written &amp;quot;F--- OFF.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nBut a rep for Chipotle could not confirm the check&amp;apos;s arrival, telling The Hollywood Reporter, &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;ve seen the photo, but haven&amp;apos;t received a check.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFiona Apple later covered the song for the animated short film, which received more than 12 million views since it was released in September 2013. &amp;#xA0;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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