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Rick Astley settles lawsuit against Yung Gravy over ‘Betty’ vocals

Rick Astley has settled a months-long lawsuit with American rapper Yung Gravy over the use of his song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ in Gravy’s 2022 single ‘Betty (Get Money)’.Deadline reports that an attorney for Yung Gravy had filed court papers with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elaine Mandel this past Tuesday (September 22), which stated the case was resolved on Friday September 22.No further details were divulged, however, and neither Gravy nor Astley – or representatives from their respective legal teams – have commented on the suit since the news of its settlement was made public.In January, Astley sued Yung Gravy – real name Matthew Hauri – on the grounds of his vocals being imitated on ‘Betty’ without authorisation.The suit alleged that in the terms of clearing the sample of ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ for the song, Hauri and his co-producers were allowed to replicate the instrumental of the song and interpolate its chorus melody for its own hook. As such, the original songwriting team of Stock Aitken Waterman were given writers’ credits.
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Rick Astley files multimillion-dollar suit against Yung Gravy over Never Gonna Give You Up row
Rick Astley has filed a multimillion-dollar suit against Yung Gravy, saying that the rap artist was unauthorized in using an imitation of his vocals from 1987's Never Gonna Give You Up for the 2022 single Betty (Get Money).The English singer and songwriter, 56, filed legal docs in Los Angeles that were reviewed by TMZ, saying Yung Gravy and his team had only licensed the instrumentals of the pop classic.Astley's legal team told the court that the Rochester, Minnesota-born musical artist, 26, and his production team, including Dillon Francis, and impersonator Nick 'Popnick' Seeley were not authorized in reproducing the vocals of his hit, which triggered the online 'Rick-Rolling' phenomenon.  The latest: Rick Astley, 56, has filed a multimillion dollar suit against Yung Gravy, 26, saying that the rap artist was unauthorized imitation of his vocals from 1987's Never Gonna Give You Up for his single Betty (Get Money)The group 'conspired to include a deliberate and nearly indistinguishable imitation of Mr. Astley's voice throughout the song,' Astley's legal team told the court.Astley said that Yung Gravy cost him potentially lucrative future collaboration opportunities in using Never Gonna Give You Up as the basis of his 2022 track.
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