Canadian rapper Drake and Puerto Rican Reggaeton star Bad Bunny are among the dozens of new artists, producers, and record labels recently added to the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by the Jamaican company Steely & Clevie Productions, according to court records.
The landmark lawsuit is one of the biggest and broadest copyright disputes in the history of recorded music.
It had initially named three primary artists, El Chombo, Daddy Yankee, and Luis Fonsi, in an 82-page complaint last year, but now names a total of 57 primary artists as Defendants in a 228-page amended complaint, filed in a California court on Friday (April 21).
Drake has been named for his 2016 song One Dance with Wizkid and Kyla, and the 2018 song Mía with Bad Bunny, both of which allegedly ripped off the Dancehall drum patterns and composition from Steely & Clevie’s Fish Market riddim, released back in 1989.
