Cardi B is being sued by manufacturing duo Kemika1956, who allege copyright infringement on her current observe Sufficient (Miami).
In accordance with court docket paperwork accessed by TMZ Hip Hop, Joshua Frausto and Miguel Aguilar of Kemika1956 imagine Cardi B’s newest single options stolen samples from their observe Greasy Frybread, which featured within the FX sequence Reservation Canines again in 2021.
Sufficient (Miami) peaked at #9 on the Billboard Sizzling 100, and was named considered one of Rolling Stone‘s Best Songs of 2024 So Far. Nevertheless, Kemika1956 are arguing that the observe’s magic and success is due to their very own work.
The duo filed the $50 million lawsuit in a Texas federal court docket on Wednesday. Elsewhere within the paperwork, Frausto and Aguilar additionally identify producers OG Parker and DJ SwanQo. The businesses Atlantic Information and Warner Music Group are additionally named.
In accordance with Billboard, attorneys declare Cardi B’s sampling has resulted in ‘substantial damages’ by way of financial influence and their creative repute.
“This civil motion seeks damages and injunctive aid for a number of claims together with copyright infringement, vicarious infringement, contributory infringement, unfair competitors, and misappropriation,” the go well with reads.
Fraustro and Aguilar are additionally in search of a brief restraining order on the observe. The go well with additionally goals to destroy all bodily copies of the observe, which might influence Cardi B’s upcoming launch of the only as a 7 inch vinyl on the finish of July.
This isn’t the primary time Cardi B has been taken to the courts over such claims. Again in 2023, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion beat a copyright lawsuit over lyrics of their world hit WAP.
“The lyrics over which plaintiff asserts copyright safety are not more than frequent phrases, employed steadily in fashionable tradition and different hip-hop songs,” U.S. District Decide Andrew L. Carter wrote on the time [via Bilboard].
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