The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar are currently flagships of urban music. Bella Hadid's ex-boyfriend is very topical these days for the launch within a month of his new CD After Hours. Kendrick Lamar aka Mister DAMN, for his part, is basically always in the news because… let's face it, the one from Compton is the best active rapper. Even Eminem knows it. However, today the couple of singers is news for another matter. The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar have been sued for plagiarism by the New York trio Yeasayer, made up of Chris Keating, Joe Louis and Mark Schmeling. The complaint in question alludes to the subject Pray for me included in the Marvel movie soundtrack Black Panthers.
The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar, video of the alleged plagiarism
Is there a case or are we facing another example of small fish trying to herd some fame from the big one? It is not trivial to remember that Yeasayer announced their separation at the end of last year and that Black Panther, as we all know, was a billboard hit of 2018. And pray me It was not exactly an ignored song (to date it has more than 164 million views on YouTube. The timing of this lawsuit is somewhat rare.
Let's cut to the chase and compare the controversial extract causing all this mess. As reported by the US media TMZ, the fragment in question that The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar would have copied consists of ajust a few seconds of “distinctive choral performance” (assures the Yeasayer trio) of their song sunrise. We leave you the evidence of the alleged plagiarism of The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar in this video for you to decide.