US EditionBad Bunny Lawsuit Claims ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Track Stole Uncleared Sample From Nigerian Artist
- On May 2, 2025, Nigerian artist Dera initiated a copyright lawsuit in a federal court in Los Angeles against Bad Bunny, alleging unauthorized use of a sample in a song from his highly successful album released in 2022.
- The case arose after Dera and Mr. Eazi's emPawa Africa label accused Bad Bunny of sampling Joeboy's 2019 song Empty My Pocket without clearance, despite attempts to secure accreditation.
- Dera's legal team stated Bad Bunny's representatives ignored multiple efforts to resolve the issue amicably since May 2024, forcing the plaintiffs to seek court intervention.
- Attorney Robert A. Jacobs stated that it is quite rare for an artist of Bad Bunny’s talent and expertise to use another person’s music without authorization and then disregard attempts to address the issue.
- The lawsuit challenges Bad Bunny's use of the sample, which caused the song to be removed from streaming, and it highlights ongoing disputes over proper credit and rights clearance in global music collaborations.
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Bad Bunny Is Reportedly Facing A New Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over His Song ‘Enséñame A Bailar’
Getty Image Bad Bunny rose to global pop star status following the release of his 2022 album, Un Verano Sin Ti. While singles “Tití Me Preguntó” and “Despues De La Playa” drew praise from music lovers around. On the other hand, track “Enséñame a Bailar” sparked a heated debate about creative ownership online. According to documents obtained by Rolling Stone, Bad Bunny has been named in a copyright lawsuit infringement lawsuit centered around “En…
In February 2023, Mr. Eazi, founder of the record label emPawa Africa, threatened Bad Bunny to take legal action for copyright infringement, claiming that the song 'Teach me to Dance' by the Puerto Rican star interpolated and sampled without permission 'Empty My Pocket' by Joeboy, a Nigerian artist from emPawa Africa. During the nine months following the release of 'A Summer Without You', the album containing the theme, Eazi pressed unsuccessful…
Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny is facing a lawsuit for allegedly using an unlicensed sample from a Nigerian artist on his hit album "Un Verano Sin Ti" (2022), Billboard reported Friday.
Bad Bunny Lawsuit Claims ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Track Stole Uncleared Sample From Nigerian Artist
Bad Bunny is facing a lawsuit over allegations that a track from his chart-topping Un Verano Sin Ti featured an unlicensed sample from a Nigerian artist – and that the superstar’s reps later “stonewalled” efforts to resolve the problem. In a copyright case filed May 2 in Los Angeles federal court, attorneys for the artist Dera (Ezeani Chidera Godfrey) claim that Bad Bunny’s “Enséñame a Bailar” illegally sampled from a 2019 track called “Empty …
A few days after announcing his new world tour, Bad Bunny is back at the center of the controversy, this time due to the demand for plagiarism related to his successful 2022 album, Un Verano Sin Ti. The singer, Bad Bunny whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, was accused of plagiarism, by using without permission a sample of the Nigerian artist Dera in the song “Teach me to Dance”.
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