{"id":8659,"date":"2025-11-22T01:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/glorilla-beats-copyright-lawsuit-over-bbl-lyric-in-never-find-song\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T01:58:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:58:35","slug":"glorilla-beats-copyright-lawsuit-over-bbl-lyric-in-never-find-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/glorilla-beats-copyright-lawsuit-over-bbl-lyric-in-never-find-song\/","title":{"rendered":"GloRilla Beats Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘BBL’ Lyric in ‘Never Find’ Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tGloRilla has defeated a lawsuit that accused her of stealing a social media personality\u2019s viral catchphrase \u201call natural, no BBL\u201d for her 2024 song \u201cNever Find.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe federal copyright case was filed this summer by Natalie Henderson, aka @slimdabodylast on Instagram, who claims she coined the catchphrase referencing \u201cBrazilian butt lift\u201d surgery. Henderson says GloRilla (Gloria Woods) stole the phrase for her lyric \u201cAll natural, no BBL\/ Mad hoes go to hell\u201d on \u201cNever Find,\u201d a bonus track off her debut album Glorious<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\n\tGloRilla\u2019s lawyers denied any infringement and argued that nobody can copyright a \u201ccliched\u201d expression like \u201call natural, no BBL.\u201d But it doesn\u2019t look like a court will have to decide these substantive questions; Judge Lance M. Africk dismissed Henderson\u2019s lawsuit on Friday (Nov. 21) based on geographical technicalities.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe suit was brought in Henderson\u2019s home state of Louisiana, but the judge ruled that wasn\u2019t enough to establish jurisdiction over GloRilla, a Georgia resident, or the various label defendants also named in the lawsuit \u2014 California-based Universal Music Group and Warner Chappell, Tennessee-based CMG and New York-based BMG.<\/p>\n

\n\tHenderson tried to argue that jurisdiction was established by GloRilla doing business in New Orleans, including by attending the 2025 Super Bowl and performing at the city\u2019s Smoothie King Center when she opened for Lil Baby\u2019s It\u2019s Only Us tour in 2023 and Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s Hot Girl Summer tour in 2024. But Judge Africk was not convinced.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cPlaintiff\u2019s claims do not arise out of or result from defendant Woods\u2019s concerts or personal appearances in Louisiana, particularly when plaintiff has not made any allegations that \u2018Never Find\u2019 was ever performed in Louisiana,\u201d wrote the judge.<\/p>\n

\n\tJudge Africk similarly rejected Henderson\u2019s contention that the case could be brought in Louisiana because \u201cNever Find\u201d was distributed in the state. He noted that the song was available worldwide \u2014 and also pointed out a major hole in Henderson\u2019s argument.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPlaintiff relies on her counsel\u2019s purchase of a copy of defendant Woods\u2019s album Glorious<\/em> on vinyl at a New Orleans record store as evidence that defendants \u2018specifically targeted consumers in Louisiana,\u2019\u201d wrote the judge. \u201cHowever, \u2018Never Find\u2019 was not included on the vinyl that plaintiff\u2019s counsel purchased, as it was only released as a bonus track on an exclusive digital version of the album Glorious<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice, meaning Henderson can attempt to refile the lawsuit in a different state if she so chooses. Her lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment on Friday, and neither did GloRilla\u2019s reps.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis isn\u2019t GloRilla\u2019s first time defeating a copyright infringement lawsuit. Another case, which alleged her hit songs \u201cTomorrow\u201d and \u201cTomorrow 2\u201d sampled a decades-old hip-hop track without permission, was also dismissed out of New Orleans federal court last year for jurisdictional reasons.<\/p>\n

\n\tGloRilla was sued again a year ago alongside Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B and Soulja Boy for supposedly sampling the 2008 Plies song \u201cMe & My Goons\u201d without clearance on their collaboration \u201cWanna Be.\u201d That case was voluntarily dropped in March.<\/p>\n


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