{"id":231286,"date":"2020-01-16T17:25:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T22:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ariana-grande-sued-over-allegedly-ripping-off-7-rings"},"modified":"2020-01-16T17:25:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T22:25:35","slug":"ariana-grande-sued-over-allegedly-ripping-off-7-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ariana-grande-sued-over-allegedly-ripping-off-7-rings","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Sued Over Allegedly Ripping Off &#039;S Rings&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-139146\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">        \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n        \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"30.2107526882\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.7625\">\n<section id=\"cb-f25da68758c285645444077ed2e09fe1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ariana-Grande-Sued-Over-Allegedly-Ripping-Off-0397-Rings039.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Exclusive<\/p>\n<p>                                  <span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n                  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-08fd5c535c4a29320a2ac66f8fb72230\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"28.7106918239\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ariana-grande\/\"><strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong><\/a> straight-up ripped off the lyrics and melody to \u201c7 Rings\u201d \u2014 so claims a songwriter who says he recorded basically the same song 2 years earlier.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4313f8a3aee7b0d95e6911d5b84d1128\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p><strong>Josh Stone<\/strong> claims in a new lawsuit \u2014 obtained by TMZ \u2014 he wrote a song called \u201cYou Need It, I Got It\u201d in January 2017 \u2026 2 years BEFORE Ariana recorded \u201c7 Rings.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-cdcc6f67f40a44f9da7cf88b3f6b07de\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-a07cec848c03e97f219c7fb552c7652b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"47\">\n<p>Stone \u2014 who goes by Dot \u2014 notes in his suit, the hook to Ariana\u2019s song is, \u201cI want it, I got it, I want it, I got it.\u201d His hook is, \u201cYou need it, I got it. You want it, I got it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bdd88ba33cb45b4e4d110ab90ff24210\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"29\">\n<p>He also says the 2 songs have identical metrical placement of the paired phrases.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-dd2ee6d626fc6b5c69588471fa9060bf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-25c8a7df73edb113db2bc75fc8549efa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"39\">\n<p>Stone says he took meetings with music industry execs and producers, including honchos from Universal Music Group \u2026 the same company that published \u201c7 Rings.\u201d Stone says he had a meeting in 2017 with <strong>Tommy Brown<\/strong>, who worked with Ariana on each of her 5 studio albums. Stone says Brown was interested in the song and said he liked it a lot.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f7d55c1a516a8fb4fee2bb06396f4af5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Stone wants profits from \u201c7 Rings\u201d and an order from a judge prohibiting \u201c7 Rings\u201d from seeing daylight.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-cb506d9f08a6d6596a03bbf9360f3dd6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p>A source connected to Ariana tells TMZ, \u20187 Rings\u2019 also has the same hook as \u2018The Sound of Music\u2019 so Stone\u2019s claims are ridiculous \u2026 however, it appears Stone\u2019s referring to a different part of the song.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-48e61e93af0928266945b63ac4d014d5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/01\/16\/ariana-grande-sued-over-allegedly-ripping-off-7-rings\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/ariana-grande-sued-over-allegedly-ripping-off-7-rings\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive TMZ.com Ariana Grande straight-up ripped off the lyrics and melody to \u201c7 Rings\u201d \u2014 so claims a songwriter who says he recorded basically the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}