Megan Thee Stallion and Sean Paul sued over alleged copyright infringement on ‘Go Loopy’

Megan Thee Stallion and Sean Paul have been sued over an alleged copyright infringement on their tune ‘Go Loopy’.

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In line with Rolling Stone, Detroit artists Duawn “Go Arduous Main” Payne and Harrell “H Matic” James declare that the tune from Megan Thee Stallion’s 2020 album ‘Good Information’ infringes on their 2012 tune ‘Krazy’.

In authorized paperwork seen by Pitchfork, the lawsuit claims that the title, refrain, wording, timing, melodic sequence, harmonic sequence, tonal sequence, use of reverb, and use of cadence within the Megan and Massive Sean tune are “practically an identical” to their tune.

The lawsuit provides: “A median lay observer would recognise the Infringing Work as having been appropriated from the Copyrighted Work due to the placing similarity between the 2 compositions and the way in which during which they're carried out…Certainly, the Infringing Work is so strikingly much like the Copyrighted Work as to preclude the potential for unbiased creation.”

Payne and James additionally declare that Massive Sean frequented venues the place the tune was carried out.

The lawsuit additionally alleges that Massive Sean and Megan Thee Stallion have been despatched a stop and desist letter that “in good religion, sought to amicably resolve the difficulty.”

It went on: “Since being positioned on discover of their infringing conduct, Defendants have continued their willful and reckless disregard of the unique copyrights belonging to Plaintiffs, forcing Plaintiffs to provoke this lawsuit.”

NME has reached out to representatives of Megan Thee Stallion and Sean Paul for remark.

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Earlier this month, Megan Thee Stallion confirmed that she's going to play London’s Brixton Academy forward of her headline slot at this yr’s Studying & Leeds Competition – get tickets here.

Megan is ready to carry out on the 4,921-capacity venue on Thursday, August 24. Tickets for the present are on sale now here.

Megan Thee Stallion’s headline present at Brixton Academy follows on from appearances at each Wi-fi Competition (the place she joined Cardi B onstage for ‘WAP’) and Glastonbury.

Megan is ready to shut Studying’s Principal Stage West on the Friday evening (August 25) earlier than showing at Leeds on the Saturday (August 26). Glass Animals, Pleasure Crookes and Wallows are all set to play earlier than her, whereas over on the Principal Stage East Dave will headline after performances from Little Simz, Polo G and Griff.

Halsey, Carry Me The Horizon, Rage In opposition to The Machine and Arctic Monkeys are additionally set to headline the three-day pageant.

In the meantime, Megan Thee Stallion has confirmed that she’s completed her subsequent studio album.