Lizzo is being sued for alleged copyright infringement over a song that never enjoyed a commercial release.
GRC Trust is suing the 37-year-old Grammy winner , real name Melissa Viviane Jefferson, and label, Atlantic Records, over claims Lizzo replicated portions of “Win or Lose (We Tried)” in “I’m Goin’ In Till October” without forking over the money for a license to do so, according to the filing obtained by TMZ.
The alleged untoward usage of the track comes after GRC Trust says Lizzo and co. previously tried and failed to negotiate the rights to sample it.
GRC Trust is now seeking damages and, per TMZ, an injunction which would block “the exploitation of its song.”
Lizzo’s song has not yet been commercially released, but did make the rounds on social media in August , when she