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The heirs of Ed Townsend—the songwriter and producer who co-wrote Marvin Gaye’s classic record “Let’s Get It On”—are suing Ed Sheeran for copyright infringement for allegedly copying core aspects of the R&B classic for his chart-topping track “Thinking Out Loud.” The Townsend estate, including his daughter, Kathryn Townsend Griffin, sister Helen McDonald, and the estate of his […]
Lil Uzi Vert has reached a settlement in a lawsuit over “Strawberry Peels,” the Young Thug and Gunna-featured track from the Philly rapper’s 2020 album LUV Vs. The World 2. As reported by AllHipHop, Sun City Publishing filed a lawsuit in January against Uzi, Thug, Gunna, and producer Wheezy for sampling Blackout’s 1995 single, “Dim Da Lights.” Labels […]
Drake is being sued for copyright infringement after he reportedly used an unauthorized sample by Ghanaian rapper Obrafour on “Calling My Name.” In court documents originally published by Music Business Worldwide, Obrafour claimed that Drizzy’s record label Republic Records reached out to him to clear the use of a sample in the Honestly, Nevermind cut. Obrafour, real […]
Bad Bunny is facing a sizable lawsuit from Carliz De La Cruz Hernández, an ex-girlfriend whose voice can be heard on a pair of the Grammy-winner’s songs. The $40 million suit claims De La Cruz Hernández’s “indistinguishable” contributions to “Pa Ti” and “Dos Mil 16”—where she memorably says “Bad Bunny, baby”—have been used without legal […]
Ramses Ja and Quinton Ward, two Black activists who own the rights to “White Lives Matter,” are willing to sell the phrase to Kanye West for a hefty price tag. As previously reported, Kanye sparked outrage in October when he debuted the “White Lives Matter” designs during the YZY Season 9 fashion show. Last week, Ja and Ward, […]
Cardi B emerged victorious in a copyright infringement lawsuit involving her 2016 debut mixtape. According to KABC, Kevin Michael Brophy sued the Bronx rapper over the cover art for Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1. The racy image showed Cardi sitting in the back of limo with a man’s head buried between her legs. Though the male model’s face was not […]
An interpolation of “Milkshake” has been removed from Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance after Kelis spoke out about not being contacted during the writing process. The original version of “Energy” featured Beyoncé singing a variation of the iconic “la-la, la-la, la” that Kelis croons on the pre-chorus of her 2003 Neptunes-produced hit. As reported by Rolling Stone, Apple Music and Tidal have since […]
Nearly two years after teaming up with 2 Chainz on the collaborative single “Go Crazy,” Megan Thee Stallion and Big Sean are being sued for copyright infringement. 1501 Certified Entertainment, 300 Entertainment, and Universal Music Publishing are also named in the suit. According to court documents obtained by Complex, Duawn Payne (Go Hard Major) and Harrell James […]
Following Abbott Elementary’s stunning seven Emmy nominations, creator Quinta Brunson and ABC have been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit. TheWrap reports that writer, actress, and performer Christine Davis has alleged that the show is a “knock-off” of her own, called This School Year. Davis claims that both shows have the same premise and that […]
YouTube will soon reinstate two popular livestreams by Lofi Girl, which were removed over what was later determined to be “abusive” takedown requests. On Sunday, Lofi Girl shared a notice from YouTube regarding the removal of the “lofi hip hop radio — beats to relax/study to” and “lofi hip hop radio — beats to sleep/chill to” streams due to alleged copyright […]
