Lizzo settles Truth Hurts copyright battle with former collaborators
completemusicupdate.comLizzo has settled her legal battle with former collaborators Justin Raisen, Jeremiah Raisen and Justin ‘Yves’ Rothman over their claim that they contributed to the creation of her hit ‘Truth Hurts’ and should therefore share in the royalties generated by that track.
Legal reps for both sides in the dispute informed the court that an agreement had been reached last week.The Raisens and Rothman all collaborated with Lizzo, real name Melissa Jefferson, back in April 2017 and – out of that collaboration – came an unreleased song called ‘Healthy’.
Although never put out, that song contained the notable line “I did a DNA test, turns out I’m 100% that bitch”, which also appeared in ‘Truth Hurts’ when it was released later that same year.‘Truth Hurts’ didn’t become a hit until 2019, which is when the dispute between Jefferson and her former collaborators took off.
The Raisens initially claimed that they had basically co-written ‘Truth Hurts’ – because it lifted the key lyric from ‘Healthy – via social media.That prompted Jefferson to go legal seeking court confirmation that the Raisens and Rothman had no copyright claim over her late-in-the-day hit.
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