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Michael Buckner/Getty ImagesBeyoncé is still riding high off the release of her country-inspired album Cowboy Carter, but this week, she was hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that may put a damper on her summer.The superstar has been accused of using a sample in “Break My Soul”—the lead single off 2022’s Renaissance—that allegedly infringes upon the copyright of a 2002 track by Da Showstoppaz called “Release a Wiggle.”“Break My Soul” interpolates the song “Explode” by New Orleans artist
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The copyright lawsuit against Beyoncé, Big Freedia and others over "Break My Soul" lyric and phrase "release a wiggle" has been dropped.
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