Yung Gravy reportedly imitated Rick Astley’s voice on 2022 single ‘Betty (Get Money)’
After months of legal battle, Rick Astley closed case against the American rapper Yung Gravy for misuse of the hit “Never Gonna Give You Up,” from 1987, in music “Betty (Get Money),” released in 2022.
According to information from the deadlinea lawyer from Yung Gravy took court documents to Elaine Mandeljudge of Los Angeles Superior Courtlast Tuesday, the 26th, which showed how the case was resolved on Friday, the 22nd. However, it is not yet known how the process was resolved – neither of the two artists have commented so far.
Understand Rick Astley’s lawsuit against Yung Gravy
In January 2023, Astley sued Gravy when alleging how the rapper had used his vocals without authorization in “Betty (Get Money).”
According to the indictment, the rapper and co-producers were authorized to replicate the instrumental of “Never Gonna Give You Up” and interpolate the chorus melody into the chorus of “Betty (Get Money).” However, they were not allowed to do this directly from the song.
The legal team of Astley claimed how Yung Gravy he brought Nick Seeleyresponsible for co-producing the song, to imitate the voice of Astley for “Betty.” As proof, they used a video published on Instagram, in which Seeley reportedly discussed how he wanted his vocals to “sound identical” to the original track.
A license to use the underlying original musical composition does not authorize the theft of the artist’s voice in the original recording. Instead, they resorted to stealing the voice of the Mr Astley without license and without agreement.
Source: Rollingstone
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