This week recording artist Lizzo announced she was officially crediting British rapper Mina Lioness with co-writing her smash hit single 'Truth Hurts' after her one-time writing partners, the Raisen Brothers, accused Lizzo of stealing the opening lyric for 'Truth Hurts' from them, when it actually originated with Mina [click here if you missed that].
Now Lizzo is suing the Raisens...
This week Lizzo's lawyers confirmed to Page Six
“Today we filed a lawsuit on Lizzo’s behalf to establish, in a court of law, that the Raisens are not writers of ‘Truth Hurts’ and have no right to profit from the song’s success.”
“The Raisens did not collaborate with Lizzo or anyone else to create the song, and they did not help write any of the material that they now seek to profit from, which is why they expressly renounced any claim to the work, in writing, months ago, as the lawsuit makes abundantly clear. Although it is all too commonplace for successful artists to be subjected to these type of opportunistic claims, it is nevertheless disappointing that Lizzo had to take this step to put an end to the Raisens’ false claims and their campaign of harassment.”
