According to new reports from AllHipHop, Megan Thee Stallion just secured a legal win in court over a copyright lawsuit against her from last year. Moreover, producer James A. Greene claimed that she and “Savage” producer J White Did It had access to a little-known track of his called “It’s About To Be On” in 2020, and copied it via J White’s manager. However, Judge Katherine Polk Failla dismissed this case due to a lack of evidence, pointing to a lack of proof that Warner or the Houston femcee had listened to Greene’s song. In addition, Polk Failla did not see substantial overlap between the drums and vocals of both songs, and the lack of wide distribution for Greene’s track helped Megan’s case.
Now that Megan Thee Stallion won’t have to deal with this lawsuit, hopefully she spends these resources contributing to the hype around her upcoming album. It drops next week and created a lot of anticipation within fans who are looking forward to seeing this new era and artistic approach. We don’t know how different it will be from previous material (will we even get a song like “Savage” on it?), but that’s somehow more exciting that a blockbuster guarantee. After all, she’s been through a lot that warrants some deeper food for thought and even more bombastic tracks to contrast that.
Megan Thee Stallion Performing “Savage” On Tour This Year
What’s more is that, due to unfortunate circumstances, Megan Thee Stallion will get the chance to flex her performance muscles a little bit more. Tyler, The Creator recently announced that he will not be able to play the Outside Lands and Lollapalooza music festivals this year, for which he was slated as a headliner. Tina Snow will be replacing him onstage at the latter festival in Chicago, whereas Sabrina Carpenter will fill in at Outside Lands. Maybe a show is the last thing that she has on her mind given her ongoing “Hot Girl Summer” tour, but there’s an equal chance of her wanting to keep the momentum going.
Meanwhile, Megan Thee Stallion is also enjoying the little things in life, such as a gifted custom “BOA” Gameboy. For someone like her that grew up playing a lot of games and pays homage to them throughout her career and branding, it’s a pretty wild nostalgia bomb. We’ll see what other great things and victories this new album rollout brings. We now have a week until we see that all the hype has been about.
About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output.
Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond.
Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C.
His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.
