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Beyoncé sued for alleged copyright infringement with Break My Soul

Bounce quartet Da Showstoppaz claim track sampled on US No 1 hit infringes on the title phrase from their track Release a Wiggle

The song samples Explode by Big Freedia, a New Orleans vocalist who performs bounce, a subgenre of insistent high-tempo dance music. Da Showstoppaz members Tessa Avie, Keva Bourgeois, Henri Braggs and Brian Clark are calling for the group to be added to the credits of both Explode and Break My Soul, and to receive royalties from the songs’ future earnings, plus damages. Big Freedia, an icon in the LGBTQ community, has helped raise the profile of bounce music further in recent years: she was also sampled by Drake for his US and UK No 1 Nice for What, and appeared in the video to his bounce-influenced track In My Feelings.

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