Beyonce Gets Hit With ”Baby” Suit
A Minneapolis musician has filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit, accusing the “Naughty Girl” diva of swiping a song, MTV reports.
The suit, filed in Houston Tuesday by singer-songwriter Jennifer Armour, claims the Destiny’s Child frontbabe ripped off lyrics and hooks from Armour’s “Got a Little Bit of Love For You,” for “Baby Boy,” which featured dancehall reggae star Sean Paul and topped Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the summer of 2003.
Armour says her track was written months before the release of Knowles’ solo album debut, Dangerously In Love, which contained “Baby Boy.” The complaint alleges Knowles, 23, stumbled upon the tune after Armour shopped it around the music biz.
A hearing in the case is scheduled for Oct. 28.
Neither Armour nor her lawyer were immediately available for comment; there was no immediate response from the Knowles camp, either.
This isn’t the first time the bootylicious Grammy winner has been accused of song stealing.
In October 2003, Beyonce, hermanager-father, Matthew Knowles, and Destiny’s members
Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams were slapped with a $200 million copyright-infringement suit by a Miami-based producer, who claimed they had pilfered one of his pieces for their 2001 mega-hit “Survivor.” Terrence “T-Robb” Robinson said he sent in his song “Glorious” to the elder Knowles in June 2000; he said he didn’t realize it had been taken until he heard it on a commercial.
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