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Key Takeaways:
- GloRilla’s authorized crew is difficult a lawsuit over her “pure, no BBL” lyric, calling the phrase too generic to copyright.
- Instagram influencer Natalie Henderson claims she coined the phrase and is suing over its use within the rapper’s “NEVER FIND.”
- The case highlights the rising rigidity between social media creators and artists over viral language in music.
GloRilla has no plans to entertain the lawsuit that influencer Natalie Henderson filed in opposition to her over the “pure, no BBL” lyric on 2024’s “NEVER FIND.” The case claims that the bar is simply too just like Henderson’s viral catchphrase and a music she wrote. On Monday (Sept. 8), the Memphis rapper’s authorized crew moved to have the case dismissed totally, for the reason that phrase is “too widespread.”
In accordance with a submitting obtained by Billboard, the rapper’s legal professionals argued, “The phrase ‘pure[e], no BBL’ — referring to an individual with a pure physique who has not undergone the ‘Brazilian Butt Raise’ beauty process — is simply too widespread, on a regular basis, trite and clichéd to be protectable by copyright.” Glo’s authorized crew additionally pointed to a minimum of seven different examples of artists who’ve used the identical phrases, together with her “Get In There” collaborator, Actual Boston Richey.
“The phrase at situation in plaintiff’s music will not be unique and thus not copyrightable,” the movement continued. Henderson doubtless has a difficult case forward of her, as copyright legislation hardly ever covers brief, broadly used phrases. On high of that, the GLORIOUS artist’s attorneys talked about there’s no proof she’d even heard the influencer’s alleged catchphrase.
Henderson’s unique lawsuit, which she filed in June, claimed there have been “unmistakable similarities between the 2 works.” Now it’s as much as a choose to resolve if that’s sufficient for the case to maneuver ahead. It is value mentioning that GloRilla is already 2-0 in opposition to copyright claims.
In 2023, Ivory “Mobo Joe” Paynes of Canine Home Posse accused her of sampling his monitor “Avenue of the Westbank” with out permission on “Tomorrow” and “Tomorrow 2.” That swimsuit was dismissed only a yr later.
Then, in March, rapper Plies dropped his personal lawsuit in opposition to Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla, Cardi B and Soulja Boy. He had accused the 4 of sampling his monitor “Me & My Goons” for Glo’s “Wanna Be” earlier than finally abandoning the declare.