sought the destruction of the song and $150,000 in damages. The group alleged that Cena and the WWE stole parts of their song 'Ante Up' for his theme song, arguing that the song was unlawfully sampled and clearly repeated three times, during the introduction, the second and third chorus. filed suit in a New York Federal Court against Sony BMG, Stephanie Music Publishing, Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, WWE and John Cena. which in turn samples 'Soul Sister, Brown Sugar' by Sam & Dave, and Pete Schofield and The Canadians' rendition of ' The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia' originally by Vicki Lawrence. The song contains samples of ' Ante Up' by M.O.P. Having recorded the album with Cena, Predka was featured on virtually every track of the album. 'The Time Is Now' was composed by Cena along with his cousin, Marc Predka (better known by his stage name Tha Trademarc). Cena's debut album, You Can't See Me, was recorded with his cousin Tha Trademarc. He collaborated on the song H-U-S-T-L-E remix along with Murs, E-40, and Chingo Bling. He also recorded a song, 'Untouchables', for the company's next soundtrack album WWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol. He performed his own theme song, 'Basic Thugonomics', and it was featured on the WWE soundtrack album WWE Originals. The next week, Cena received a new character: a rapper who cuts promos while rhyming.

Shortly after the Kidman attack, on a Halloween themed episode of SmackDown, Cena dressed as Vanilla Ice performing a freestyle rap. The next week, Cena turned on and attacked Kidman, blaming him for their loss, becoming a villain. In October, Cena and Billy Kidman took part in a tag team tournament to crown the first WWE Tag Team Champions of the SmackDown! brand, losing in the first round.

Cena made his television debut answering an open challenge by Kurt Angle on June 27, 2002.

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