The world could also be processing the U.S. election, however Plies is submitting lawsuits. The veteran rapper made waves on November 6 when he sued Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla and Soulja Boy. He alleged that the artists stole components of his 2008 tune “Me & My Goons” with out clearing it with him. Plies is in search of damages for this alleged copyright infringement, which additionally names Megan Thee Stallion’s label Scorching Lady Productions and Soulja’s Collipark Productions. Now, nevertheless, Megan’s producer is firing again on the rapper.
LilJuMadeDaBeat, the producer behind the Megan Thee Stallion and GloRilla tune on the coronary heart of the lawsuit, took to social media on Wednesday night time. He claimed that “Wanna Be,” the tune in query, correctly credit its pattern to Massive E. Lil Ju famous that Plies’ tune got here out in 2008, whereas “My Dougie,” the Soulja Boy tune additionally named within the swimsuit, got here out in 2006. The producer claims that the unique of the tune components is definitely Massive E, the person who produced Soulja’s single. “‘My Dougie’ got here it in 2006, ‘Me & My Goons’ got here in in 2008,” he tweeted. “Massive E the producer of ‘My Dougie’ credited on ‘Wanna Be.'”
Lil Ju took issues a step additional by poking further holes in Plies’ lawsuit. Megan Thee Stallion’s producer famous that Soulja Boy’s “Fairly Boy Swag” can be a remake of “My Dougie.” He additionally claimed the Plies tune in query does not even derive from the album Plies mentioned it did. “‘Me & My Goons actually not even the one from that Plies album,” he posited. The producer raises some compelling factors, in a lot as Plies could not sue Soulja Boy if Soulja’s tune got here out earlier than his. Moreover, Lil Ju seems to be assured that he lined his bases when it comes to his personal pattern credit.
It is sensible that Plies would desire a chunk of “Wanna Be,” nevertheless. The one was in all places when it dropped in April. It peaked at quantity 11 on the Billboard Scorching 100, making it GloRilla’s largest single as a lead artist thus far. It additionally proved to be one other smash for Megan Thee Stallion after “HISS” topped the charts in January. The tune even obtained a remix that includes Cardi B.
