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Headline: Beyoncé hit with copyright infringement lawsuit over Break My Soul sample

Caption: Members of Da Showstoppaz filed a lawsuit in Louisiana federal court on Wednesday in which they claimed Big Freedia's 2014 track Explode, which was sampled on Break My Soul, illegally used "copyrighted lyrics, melody, and musical arrangement" from their 2002 song Release a Wiggle. The members - Tessa Avie, Keva Bourgeois, Henri Braggs, and Brian Clark - are suing Beyoncé, her husband Jay-Z, Big Freedia and Sony Music, among other defendants. "Explode infringes on Da Showstoppaz's Release A Wiggle twelve times,..."

Keywords: CPS1669210,Beyonce,Sued,Lawsuit,Copyright,Song,Break My Soul,Lyrics,Da Showstoppaz,Tessa Avie,Keva Bourgeois,Henri Braggs,Brian Clark,Jay Z,Big Freedia,Sony Music,Louisiana,Federal Court,Renaissance,Album,Tour,Profits

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