Mess with Queen Bey and the entire hive will come after you.
Beyonce’s rep has fired again at music group Proper Mentioned Fred after they claimed the singer sampled their hit “I am Too Horny” for her tune “Alien Celebrity” with out clearing the pattern first.
In an announcement launched to E! Information, Beyonce’s rep known as the declare “misguided and extremely disparaging.”
“Permission was not solely granted for its use, however they publicly spoke of their gratitude for being on the album. For his or her tune, there was no sound recording use, solely the composition was utilized,” the assertion learn.
It continued: “Permission was requested of their writer on Could 11, 2022 and the writer authorized the use on June 15, 2022. They have been paid for the utilization in August, 2022. Moreover, the copyright proportion of the Proper Mentioned Fred writers with respect to using ‘I’m Too Horny’ is a considerable portion of the composition.”
The assertion added that “collectively the Proper Mentioned Fred writers personal greater than another singular author and have co-writer credit score. This accusation is fake.”
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The “Break My Soul” singer’s assertion comes mere days after Proper Mentioned Fred instructed The Solar she sampled their tune with out their permission.
“Usually the artist approaches us, however Beyoncé did not as a result of she is such an smug individual,” they claimed, praising different artists similar to Taylor Swift and Drake for approaching them and asking them to make use of a pattern of their music.
“To make use of our melody, they want our permission in order that they ship us the demo and we approve it and in that case, we get a co-write credit score,” the music duo continued. “With this Beyoncé factor, there are 22 writers. It is ridiculous, so we might get about 40 [pounds].”
Proper Mentioned Fred additionally claimed they “cannot cease it” and there may be “nothing” they’ll do about Beyonce utilizing the pattern as a result of she has “much more presence and energy and cash than we do.”