Beyoncé lawsuit over ‘Break My Soul’ sample dropped

nme.com:

Beyoncé’s hit single ‘Break My Soul’ has been dropped.First revealed back in May, the filing was put forward by a New Orleans group called Da Showstoppaz, who accused the pop star of copyright infringement with her hit ‘Renaissance’ lead single.The issue stemmed from Beyoncé’s 2022 song sampling Big Freedia – who the band claim unlawfully used lyrics from their 2002 track ‘Release A Wiggle’.Members of the band, Tessa Avie, Keva Bourgeois, Henri Braggs, and Brian Clark, all filed a complaint to the Louisiana federal court.

In the filing, they alleged that Bey sampled Big Freedia’s 2014 track ‘Explode’ – however, the latter unlawfully used “copyrighted lyrics, melody, and musical arrangement” from their own track, making the feature in ‘Break My Soul’ unlawful.As well as the ‘Cowboy Carter’ singer, Big Freedia, Sony Music, Jay-Z and more have been named as defendants.Now, it has been confirmed that the copyright lawsuit has been voluntarily dismissed.According to a report by Rolling Stone, the court filing did not mention a settlement agreement, meaning that it is likely that the case was simply dropped.

The outlet also added that reps for both Beyoncé and Da Showstoppaz did not respond when asked for comment.In the May filing, the complaint drew attention to how the song has seen huge success due to it topping the US singles chart, being played frequently on Bey’s ‘Renaissance’ tour, and appearing in her accompanying documentary film about the live shows.“Mrs.

Carter, Big Freedia, Parkwood, Sony, and others have received many accolades and substantial profits from ‘Explode’ and ‘Break My Soul’ and the ‘Renaissance’ album, the ‘Renaissance World Tour,’ and the Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,” it stated.