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24 October 2019CopyrightSaman Javed

Lizzo sues over plagiarism claims; credits ‘DNA test’ tweet

US singer Lizzo, the artist behind the record-breaking single “Truth Hurts”, has hit back at a trio of songwriters who are making an “illegitimate claim to co-own” her work.

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