Megan Thee Stallion Dodges "Savage" Lawsuit By Securing Victory In Copyright Case

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Megan Thee Stallion Performs During The Hot Girl Summer Tour At Toyota Center In Houston - June 15, 2024
HOUSTON, TEXAS - JUNE 15: Megan Thee Stallion performs during the Hot Girl Summer Tour at Toyota Center on June 15, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation)
A producer had accused Megan Thee Stallion and her production team of stealing a little-known track without permission.

According to new reports from AllHipHop, Megan Thee Stallion just secured a legal win in court over a copyright lawsuit against her from last year. Moreover, producer James A. Greene claimed that she and "Savage" producer J White Did It had access to a little-known track of his called "It's About To Be On" in 2020, and copied it via J White's manager. However, Judge Katherine Polk Failla dismissed this case due to a lack of evidence, pointing to a lack of proof that Warner or the Houston femcee had listened to Greene's song. In addition, Polk Failla did not see substantial overlap between the drums and vocals of both songs, and the lack of wide distribution for Greene's track helped Megan's case.

Now that Megan Thee Stallion won't have to deal with this lawsuit, hopefully she spends these resources contributing to the hype around her upcoming album. It drops next week and created a lot of anticipation within fans who are looking forward to seeing this new era and artistic approach. We don't know how different it will be from previous material (will we even get a song like "Savage" on it?), but that's somehow more exciting that a blockbuster guarantee. After all, she's been through a lot that warrants some deeper food for thought and even more bombastic tracks to contrast that.

Megan Thee Stallion Performing "Savage" On Tour This Year

What's more is that, due to unfortunate circumstances, Megan Thee Stallion will get the chance to flex her performance muscles a little bit more. Tyler, The Creator recently announced that he will not be able to play the Outside Lands and Lollapalooza music festivals this year, for which he was slated as a headliner. Tina Snow will be replacing him onstage at the latter festival in Chicago, whereas Sabrina Carpenter will fill in at Outside Lands. Maybe a show is the last thing that she has on her mind given her ongoing "Hot Girl Summer" tour, but there's an equal chance of her wanting to keep the momentum going.

Meanwhile, Megan Thee Stallion is also enjoying the little things in life, such as a gifted custom "BOA" Gameboy. For someone like her that grew up playing a lot of games and pays homage to them throughout her career and branding, it's a pretty wild nostalgia bomb. We'll see what other great things and victories this new album rollout brings. We now have a week until we see that all the hype has been about.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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