Chris Brown & Drake Sued For Copyright Infringement, Plaintiffs Allege ‘No Guidance’ Was Largely Based Off An Earlier Song

Chris Brown & Drake Sued For Copyright Infringement, Plaintiffs Allege ‘No Steerage’ Was Largely Primarily based Off An Earlier Music

Did Chris Brown and Drake commit copyright infringement?

Yesterday (Tuesday, Oct. fifth), stories circulated that Chris Brown and Drake had a brand new lawsuit on their palms. Particularly, the go well with was over the artists’ 2019 collaboration, “No Steerage.”

The lawsuit was filed by Brandon Cooper and Timothy Valentine, who respectively go by the stage names Mr. Cooper and Drum’n Skillz. The plaintiffs declare that Chris Brown and Drake copied a track that they had launched three years prior, “I Love Your Costume.”

Brandon Cooper and Timothy Valentine say that an evaluation of the beat, rhythmic construction, hook, and lyrics point out that “No Steerage” is derived from “I Love Your Costume.” Additionally they allege that related repetition may be heard inside each songs. In “I Love Your Costume,” the road “She bought it; she bought it” is repeated, whereas the traces “You bought it, lady; you bought it” is repeated all through “No Steerage.” It is usually price noting that the plaintiffs say that one other line in “No Steerage” with the time period “flew the coop” was a passive dig at them, because it was allegedly a play on Brandon Cooper‘s supposed nickname, Coop.

On account of these alleged similarities, Brandon Cooper and Timothy Valentine are suing Chris Brown and Drake for copyright infringement. They’re reportedly requesting a big sum, although the precise quantity is unclear. Neither Chris Brown nor Drake have publicly acknowledged the go well with.

It’s additionally price noting that, except for these allegations, “No Steerage” reportedly accommodates uncredited samples of a 2018 SoundCloud monitor–“Earlier than I Die” by Che Ecru (actual identify Michee Lebrun).

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