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Actor and singer Childish Gambino, whose real name is Donald Glover, is being sued for alleged copyright infringement by a rapper who claims Grammy-winning track
This is America was glaringly similar to one of his.
Emelike Nwosuocha, who performs under stage name Kidd Wes, said the two songs shared “nearly-identical unique rhythmic, lyrical and thematic compositional and performance content contained in the chorus , according to court documents filed in New York.
These sections are centrepieces of both songs , the complaint added.
Nwosuocha says Glover s 2018 tune, which went on to become the first rap song to win Grammys for best song and best record, came out two years after his, which is called
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This Is America topped the US chart and won the Grammys for both record and song of the year. (GP) Social Share
Washington – Childish Gambino is being sued for copyright infringement over his Grammy Award-winning rap song This Is America.
Emelike Nwosuocha, a rapper who performs as Kidd Wes, claims the song copied his track
Made In America, which was released two years earlier.
The “lyrical theme, content and structure” of the two songs’ choruses are “glaringly similar”, he said in court documents filed in New York.
Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover, has yet to respond to the claims.
Ibra Ake previously spoke about the video’s goal to normalize Blackness.
“It’s, like, this is how we would like to dance, but we have to be aware of the danger and the politics of how we’re perceived and the implications of the history of how we were treated,” Ake said. “There’s all this math you’re constantly doing expressing yourself […] We’re trying to not have to explain ourselves to others and just exist, and not censor what our existence looks like as people.”
He continued: “We reduced it to a feeling ― a very black feeling, a very violent feeling, but also a very fun feeling. If you’re at the club and there’s a shooting outside, you still have to go get food afterwards and you have to compartmentalize that. Being marginalized is compartmentalizing trauma to exist in the world. I cant stop being black because of trauma and discrimination. I still have to live life and forge on.”
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By Mark Savage
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image captionThis Is America topped the US chart and won the Grammys for both record and song of the year
Childish Gambino is being sued for copyright infringement over his Grammy Award-winning rap song This Is America.
Emelike Nwosuocha, a rapper who performs as Kidd Wes, claims the song copied his track Made In America, which was released two years earlier.
The lyrical theme, content and structure of the two songs choruses are glaringly similar , he said in court documents filed in New York.
Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover, has yet to respond to the claims.