14 March 2022CopyrightAlex Baldwin

Katy Perry prevails in ‘Dark Horse’ copyright suit

Katy Perry will not need to pay $2.8 million to a rapper who accused her of copying a part of his song in her 2013 hit “Dark Horse”.

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