A recent lawsuit alleges that Big Sean and Megan Thee Stallion knowingly copied significant elements of the song "Krazy" from 2012 when they wrote their duet "Go Crazy" for Big Sean's upcoming debut album Good News.
The album was created by J.R. Although he isn't named in the lawsuit, Rotem also appeared alongside 2 Chainz.
Detroit musicians Duawn "Go Hard Major" Payne and Harrell "H Matic" James claim in their complaint, which was filed on Monday and obtained by Rolling Stone, that "Go Crazy" has "nearly identical" timing, melodies, harmonies, tones, cadence, reverb, and wording within the chorus to their track "Krazy."
They further alleged that their song was made available online via YouTube and ReverbNation apart from the "thousands of copies" distributed via CD format.
In addition to Universal Music Group, 300 Entertainment, and 1501 Certified Entertainment, the petition claims that Payne and James performed their song "Krazy" in well-known hip-hop clubs and bars that they allege Big Sean visited (real name Sean Michael Leonard Anderson).
They are taking this as an additional evidence that Big Sean could have intentionally copied the song. Without such access, the complaint will certainly be baseless.
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"Anderson had further access to the Copyrighted Work given the Copyrighted Work's number 1 ranking on the Detroit charts at ReverbNation in 2015," the complaint states. "The sale of thousands of physical copies of CD's featuring the Copyrighted Work on the streets of West Detroit and the parking lots of hip hop clubs in West Detroit frequented by Anderson provide further access of the Copyrighted Work to Defendants."
The lawsuit claims that Big Sean and Megan Thee Stallion received a cease-and-desist letter that the two just willfully ignored.
"Since being placed on notice of their infringing conduct, Defendants have continued their willful and reckless disregard of the exclusive copyrights belonging to Plaintiffs, forcing Plaintiffs to initiate this lawsuit."
It is uncertain how Megan Thee Stallion will respond. Her current attention is still on working with Future on a new project. Megan Thee Stallion announced on July 20 that she will be releasing her new single, "Pressurelicious," on Friday, which means that Hot Girl Summer is getting hotter. it's certainly bound to.
Future is featured on the song, which was announced along with the cover image, which shows the "Savage" rapper with her tongue out in a white full-body mask.
Listen to the controversial song below:
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