Beyonce

Beyonce

Beyonce is now being sued by a Hungarian singer for allegedly using a sample from her song for 'Drunk In Love'.

Monika Miczura has reportedly served a lawsuit to the star for sampling her 1995 track 'Bajba Bajba Pelem' on a version of her single without asking for permission.

The lawsuit reads: "Mitsou's voice was sampled and digitally manipulated without her permission.

"[The sampling is used] to evoke foreign eroticism alongside the sexually intense lyrics performed by Beyoncé and Jay Z in 'Drunk in Love.'"

Now nominated for a Grammy, the song is lifted from Beyonce's self-titled fifth studio album released earlier this year, and the angry musician wants damages as well as the song to be banned until her voice is removed.

Later in the lawsuit it's explained by the singer's lawyers how her voice has been illegally used throughout a considerable portion of the song.

"In the video, Mitsou's solo vocal introduction follows 57 seconds of a cinematic, intimate scene of beach at night. Following Mitsou's stirring featured solo vocal introduction, Mitsou's voice continues to sing as Beyoncé begins to sing.

"All together, Mitsou's vocals are featured for over one-and-a-half minutes of the five-and-one-half minute song. Mitsou has never signed any documents that would permit anyone to use her voice for advertising or trade purposes."

This comes a week after a lawsuit against Jay Z was thrown out of court, which claimed he used an uncleared single word sample from Eddie Bo's 1969 song 'Hook & Sling Part 1' in 2009 hit 'Run This Town'.


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