Beyoncé is being sued by the estate of a deceased New Orleans YouTube star:
Beyoncé's apparent appropriation of New Orleans culture stirred controversy with the release of her 2016 single "Formation" — with its groundbreaking video and the song itself nominated for an array of Grammy Awards this year.
But the family of a murdered New Orleans rapper whose voice is sampled on the bouncy track has spurred a new $26 million lawsuit claiming the celebrated pop singer, who recently revealed she's pregnant with twins, stole the copyrighted material.
Messy Mya was shot and killed in 2010.
[As an adjunct to this discussion, I cannot too highly recommend Spider Robinson's 1983 Hugo Award winning short story: Melancholy Elephants . -Ed]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by RamiK on Sunday February 12 2017, @11:13PM
Actually, Beyoncé can sing with great technical proficiency: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjJw-9X5MjI [youtube.com]
It's just that her voice is so bland and generic that she's better off making money off rapping and dancing.
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