Beyonce
Star sued for copyright infringement
Beyoncé is said to have indirectly copied Da Showstoppaz.
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A music group from New Orleans claims that parts of Beyoncé’s hit “Break My Soul” were stolen. A lawsuit has been filed.
Are parts of the song “Break My Soul” just a plagiarism? Members of a music group from According to consistent US reports, New Orleans claim that Beyoncé (42) indirectly used them for her single released in summer 2022 by using a sample from Big Freedia (46). That in turn illegally used lyrics from the song “Release a Wiggle,” published in 2002.
Da Showstoppaz want recognition and compensation
Members of the group Da Showstoppaz filed a lawsuit in Louisiana on May 22, reports among others the music magazine “Rolling Stone”. Beyoncé sampled Big Freedia’s 2014 song “Explode,” which contained “copyrighted lyrics, melodies and musical arrangements” from “Release a Wiggle.” In addition to the superstar and Big Freedia, Sony Music and Jay-Z (54), Beyoncé’s husband, are also named as defendants in the case.
While Beyoncé, Big Freedia and others involved have “received numerous awards and significant profits for ‘Explode’ and ‘Break My Soul’ as well as the album ‘Renaissance’, the ‘Renaissance World Tour’ and the film ‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé.’ “Da Showstoppaz received nothing – no recognition, no reputation, no compensation of any kind,” the lawsuit states. The group is demanding to be named, to receive royalties on “Break My Soul” and “Explode” and royalties for future licenses to the songs.
“Break My Soul” was the first single from Beyoncé’s album “Renaissance”. The song topped the charts in several countries, including the United States, in 2022.