Copyright Suit Filed In Connection To Juice WRLD's 'Lucid Dreams'

Juice WRLD (Photo: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock)

MUSIC BUSINESS WORLDWIDE reports a $15 million lawsuit was filed this week against the creators and rightsholders of JUICE WRLD’s 2018 global smash, "Lucid Dreams."

The suit alleges that the track infringes the copyright of the 2006-released song, "Holly Wood Died," by pop-punk band YELLOWCARD.

The new lawsuit claims that LUCID DREAM’s authors – JUICE WRLD (aka JARAD HIGGINS), TAZ TAYLOR and NICK MIRA – created their song by copying two other songs, STING’s "Shape of my Heart," and YELLOWCARD’s "Holly Wood Died."

RICHARD BUSCH, a partner at KING & BALLOW ENTERTAINMENT LAW, is behind the suit. The NASHVILLE-based lawyer represented the MARVIN GAYE Estate in its successful copyright infringement case against the co-creators of "Blurred Lines," PHARRELL WILLIAMS and ROBIN THICKE – which ultimately led to an award of almost $5 million.

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