GloRilla is being sued for allegedly utilizing a pattern with out permission for her hit single “Tomorrow.”
On Wednesday (April 19), Ivory Paynes, of the New Orleans rap group Dog House Posse, filed a lawsuit towards the Memphis rapper for copyright infringement, in line with courtroom paperwork obtained by XXL on Thursday (April 20). In the swimsuit, Paynes claims GloRilla’s 2022 observe “Tomorrow” rips off the melody from his group’s 1994 tune “Street of the Westbank,” which appeared on the album Dope Gets No Heavier. Paynes claims “Tomorrow” and subsequently “Tomorrow 2” that includes Cardi B, “misappropriates key protected elements of ‘Street of Westbank,’ including without limitation its musical arrangements, percussion tracks, synthesized orchestration, including but not limited to piano, cello, violin, contrabass, and drum set, and tone and melody.”
“Tomorrow” producer Macaroni Toni can also be listed as a defendant within the lawsuit in addition to report labels UMG, CMG and Warner Chappell Music.
Paynes is requesting a jury trial and in search of an unspecified quantity in damages and lawyer charges.
XXL has reached out to GloRilla’s crew for remark.
This is the second potential lawsuit GloRilla has confronted in 2023. Back in March, it was reported the households of the victims who died throughout a GloRilla and Finesse2Tymes present in Rochester, N.Y. plan to sue the rappers.
It was just lately introduced GloRilla shall be one of many opening acts for Lil Baby’s It’s Only Us stadium tour, which kicks off this summer time.
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