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Songwriters Voluntarily Drop Drake From ‘No Guidance’ Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"0 0 &lbrack;&rsqb;">Roommates&comma; it looks like Drake might be off the hook&excl; Apparently&comma; Champagne Papi is no longer being sued for copyright infringement for his feature on Chris Brown’s song <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;chris-brown-drake-sued-for-copyright-infringement-for-their-hit-record-no-guidance&sol;">&OpenCurlyQuote;No Guidance&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;a> If you recall&comma; songwriters Brandon Cooper and Timothy Valentine filed a suit in October alleging the song copied their 2016 track&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I Love Your Dress&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hotnewhiphop&period;com&sol;drake-dropped-from-copyright-lawsuit-for-chris-browns-no-guidance-news&period;151149&period;html">Hot New Hip Hop<&sol;a>&comma; the songwriters voluntarily dropped Drake&&num;8217&semi;s name from the suit on Tuesday&period; It’s unclear why they dropped the rapper and if a settlement deal was reached&comma; but Billboard reports that neither party&&num;8217&semi;s attorneys immediately returned requests for comment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8216&semi;No Guidance&&num;8217&semi; was one of the biggest songs of the summer when it was released on June 8&comma; 2019&period; Hot off of Breezy’s ninth studio album&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Indigo&comma;’ the bop spent 46 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at number 5 in October 2019&period; In addition&comma; the song was nominated for best R&amp&semi;B song at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although Drake is off the hook&comma; Chris is not&period; Brandon and Timothy are moving forward with the suit against Breezy and Sony Music Entertainment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Breezy has quite a few lawsuits attached to his name&period; As we previously reported&comma; the singer is also being sued for allegedly sampling Red Rat’s 1997 dancehall song &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Tight Up Skirt” without permission&period; Greensleeves Publishing Ltd claims Chris &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;took the core musical feature” of the song and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;used it prominently” in &OpenCurlyQuote;Privacy’ without permission&period; Greensleeves also says that they own the exclusive music publishing rights to the song in the USA&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chris hasn’t spoken out about the latest lawsuit but remains active on social media as he promotes his upcoming tour&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;One Of Them Ones’ featuring Lil Baby&period; The two will hit the road from July- to August&period; Roommates&comma; we will keep you posted on the outcome of the current lawsuits against Chris Brown&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom"><span class&equals;"s1"><b>click here to join&excl;<&sol;b><&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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