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2 March 2020CopyrightSarah Morgan

Songwriters hit back at Lizzo over ‘Truth Hurts’

A trio of songwriters who claim that they deserve credit for Lizzo’s record-breaking single “ Truth Hurts” have fired back at a pre-emptive lawsuit filed by Lizzo in October last year.

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