Nicki Minaj sued: Artist claims song ‘I Lied’ ‘directly copied’ his beat
nypost.com“I Lied” as another musician is accusing her of having “directly copied” his beat. According to a lawsuit obtained by The Post, musician Julis Johnson filed the complaint Monday in California, claiming that Minaj and producer Mike Will Made It’s ballad sounds eerily similar to his song “onmysleeve.”Johnson claims his song was published on YouTube in 2011 — three years before “I Lied” was included on Minaj’s album “The Pinkprint.”In the docs, Johnson says his beat was included on a hard drive that was taken from a studio session without his consent in 2013 when he attended the Art Institute of Atlanta.Johnson claims that “associates” or “affiliates” of Minaj, 40, and Mike Will, 34, also had access to the institute’s recording space around that time and allegedly got their hands on his hard drive.
However, a source claiming to be close to Minaj told TMZ that the “Super Bass” rapper had nothing to do with selecting the beat.“Clearly Nicki is a lyricist, so the claim in terms of production will obviously have to be addressed by the applicable parties,” they said.
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