Lizzo Faces More Plagiarism Accusations as Producer Comes Forward, Demanding Credit for ‘Truth Hurts’

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From People:

“We’ve tried to sort this out quietly for the last two years, only asking for 5% each but were shutdown every time,” producer Justin Raisen wrote on Instagram.

Lizzo has been hit with another plagiarism accusation for her Billboard No. 1 song “Truth Hurts.”

On Tuesday, producer Justin Raisen spoke out on Instagram on behalf of himself and his brother Jeremiah Raisen, demanding partial credit for the lyric “I just took a DNA test turns I’m 100% that b****” — the most celebrated verse on the track.

Raisen shared a video in attempt to back his claim writing, “The Truth about ‘Truth Hurts.’”

The clip shows moments of Lizzo, 31, and Raisen working together in the studio on a song “Healthy” from April 2017. Lizzo croons the exact same hook as “Truth Hurts,” but in a higher pitch and without the piano in the background.

He then explained, “‘I just took a DNA test turns out I’m 100% that b****,’ was taken from ‘Healthy’ and used in ‘Truth Hurts.’ We were never contacted about being credited for the use of the parts of ‘Healthy’ (melody, lyrics, and chords) that appear in ‘Truth Hurts.’”

Raisen shared that he reached out to “Ricky Reed and Lizzo’s team about fixing it, we put the song in dispute in 2017 when it came out.”

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While Raisen is demanding action, he said, “The last thing we want to do is throw any negativity toward Lizzo’s momentum and movement as a cultural figure.”

“If we believe in what she’s preaching, believing in ourselves & our own voices is something we thought she’d understand.”

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PG doesn’t remember posting anything from People magazine before and promises it won’t be a regular occurrence in the future.

For the record, PG has no opinion about whether Lizzo is or is not a cultural figure and doesn’t know if he “believe[s] in what she’s preaching.”

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