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Right Said Fred Calls Beyoncé “Arrogant” For Sampling ‘I’m Too Sexy’ Without Permission

<p>One thing about <strong>Beyoncé<&sol;strong>&comma; she can definitely cause an uproar&comma; but her most recent album has been ruffling more feathers than she had probably anticipated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While the Bey Hive still has &&num;8216&semi;Renaissance&&num;8217&semi; on replay&comma; 90&&num;8217&semi;s music duo <strong>Right Said Fred<&sol;strong> is calling Beyoncé out for allegedly sampling one of their songs without permission&period; The brothers&comma; born Fred and Richard Fairbrass spoke to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thesun&period;co&period;uk&sol;tvandshowbiz&sol;20001042&sol;beyonce-alien-superstar-right-said-fred-20001042&sol;">The Sun<&sol;a>&comma; and called Bey &&num;8220&semi;arrogant&&num;8221&semi; for sampling their 1992 single &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m Too Sexy&&num;8217&semi; on her track &&num;8216&semi;Alien Superstar&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Normally the artist approaches us but Beyoncé didn&&num;8217&semi;t because she is such an arrogant person&period; She just had probably thought &&num;8216&semi;come and get me&&num;8217&semi; so we heard about it after the fact when you did&period; But everyone else&comma; Drake and Taylor Swift&comma; they came to us&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The 90&&num;8217&semi;s hit has been sampled by many big artists&comma; including Drake&comma; who used the track in his 2021 song &&num;8216&semi;Way 2 Sexy&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;reel&sol;CgTNUb6Db97&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;reel&sol;CgTNUb6Db97&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>To use our melody they need our permission so they send us the demo and we approve it and if so we get a co-write credit&period; With this Beyoncé thing there are 22 writers it&&num;8217&semi;s ridiculous so we would get about 40 &lbrack;pounds&rsqb;&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The duo explained the small cut of profits saying&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The reason that is happening we think is because there is so little money now in the actual sales people like friends&comma; golfing partners&comma; engineers&comma; bookers and the guy who brings the coke&comma; they all want a cut&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the British pair told The Sun they believe they are &&num;8220&semi;powerless&&num;8221&semi; compared to Beyoncé and Jay-Z&comma; who are worth a combined &dollar;1&period;5 billion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>We can&&num;8217&semi;t stop it&period; There is nothing we can do&period; It is sh&ast;t&period; You are going to get into a conversation with someone who has a lot more presence and power and money than we do&period; And that won&&num;8217&semi;t go well&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s best to let it go&period; If you&&num;8217&semi;re not careful you spend your life looking back&period; We keep looking forward the whole time&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The Fairbrass brothers aren&&num;8217&semi;t the first to come for Bey and her new album&period;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kelis-says-it-was-stupid-disrespectful-of-beyonce-to-sample-her-on-renaissance-without-her-knowledge-also-takes-shots-at-pharrell&sol;"> Kelis<&sol;a> also accused the &&num;8216&semi;Single Ladies&&num;8217&semi; singer of using her 2003 hit &&num;8216&semi;Milkshake&&num;8217&semi; on the album as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CgkpYgquZvb&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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