Overview
- Lizzo made the comments during a Sept. 14 appearance on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast.
- She said early hip-hop artists sampled records because they lacked access to studios and instruments, helping define the genre.
- She contended the legal regime’s roots were racially motivated and now cast sampling as theft that targets Black creativity.
- As an enforcement example, she cited Biz Markie’s dispute that led Warner Bros. Records to pull his I Need a Haircut album from stores.
- She added that rights should be protected but criticized lawsuits over a song’s “vibe,” and coverage noted her own 2021 sampling-related suit over “Coconut Oil.”