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Victory Boyd, a songwriter under Roc Nation, is accusing Travis Scott, SZA, and Future of ripping off her track without her approval. Per People Magazine, the copyright infringement complaint filed on Wednesday, January 8, states that the 2023 track Telekinesis used elements of Boyd's Like the Way It Sounds (2019).
Victory Boyd focuses on a blend of Soul music and Folk Music, her bio on the official Roc Nation website states. She began her solo career in her early twenties, having made her debut on the 2017 track It's a New Dawn. Per the website, she is often compared to Tracy Chapman, Roberta Flack, and Nina Simone,
"But beyond those three, Victory brings an entirely new youthful element to the music world, an indescribable spiritual depth mixed with her youthful interpretation of sound influencing her artistic expressions."
All we know about Victory Boyd's complaint against Travis Scott, SZA, and Future as she claims they stole her work and released it without her approval
Per the legal documents obtained by Music Business Worldwide, Boyd contends that she “wrote the lyrics, then completed and published a demo” of her track, Like The Way It Sounds, in November 2019, and she later sent a copy of it to Kanye West through a voice note.
She claims that he initially had plans to release his track based on her demo, with the tentative title Future Bounce, though it later shifted to Future Sounds and eventually Ultrasounds. However, he eventually ended up scrapping the idea, releasing DONDA in 2021 instead.
Nonetheless, Victory Boyd claims that she had “planned to finish working on her 'Original Work' and commercially release it through her recording agreement with RocNation.”
While Ye has not been named a defendant in the lawsuit, People Magazine reports that Cactus Jack Records, LLC, Cactus Jack Publishing, LLC, Epic Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Publishing, luxury watch brand Audemars Piguet, as well as songwriters Jahmal Gwin, Jahaan Sweet, Nima Jahnbin and Edgar Panford, have all been named so, among others.
“Scott, SZA, Future and all defendants intentionally and willfully copied plaintiffs’ original work, specifically plaintiff’s lyrics, when they commercially released the infringing work,” the complaint reads.
Boyd is accusing Travis Scott of "intentionally and willfully" copying her song, despite her refusing to allow them to use elements of her work on their track. She also claims that Travis came across her track at a studio in Wyoming when Ye played it for him, as she had left it there.
“Upon information and belief, Scott, SZA, and Future intentionally and willfully copied Plaintiff’s Original Work, specifically Plaintiff’s Lyrics and Melody, when they created the Infringing Work in May of 2023,” the suit reads.
Notably, Victory Boyd has been credited as one of the co-writers on the song, though she claims to have been unaware that it was even released, Hype Beast has reported. She also claims to have been offered an 8% writing credit, which is allegedly not enough based on the extent of the infringement. She claims to have had her plans to release the song with Roc Nation.
Per People Magazine, Victory Boyd is looking to have all the defendants “recall and destroy” all the copies distributed that were made based on her work, as well as restitution in the form of “an amount to be determined at trial in actual damages and profits, plus interest."
Furthermore, she is looking for “a full and complete accounting of all profits obtained from their marketing, distribution, and national television broadcasting” of Telekinesis.
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Victory Boyd is also pushing for a preliminary and permanent injunction to put a halt to all further usage of the track, claiming “substantial and irreparable injury if Defendants’ are allowed to continue their infringement of the Original Work pending the resolution of this action.”
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