Princess Nokia accused of beat theft after Ariana Grande call-out
Princess Nokia is now under fire for stealing the beat off her song “Mine,” as well as a track from Colombian singer-songwriter Kali Uchis.
The claims are coming out only a few hours after the rapper called out Ariana Grande‘s “7 Rings” for ripping her off.
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Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” dropped yesterday, sending the internet into a frenzy. However, not all response was positive with many saying the song was way too similar to another track: Princess Nokia’s “Mine.”
The responses summoned the attention of Princess Nokia herself, who shared a video on Twitter where she calls out Grande on the songs’ similarities in both sound and context. “Mine” is off the rapper’s 2017 release 1992 Deluxe.
“Hmm… Does that sound familiar to you? ‘Cause that sounds really familiar to me,” Princess Nokia says. “Oh my God. Ain’t that the little song I made about brown women and their hair? Hm, sounds about white.”
Many fans were quick to side with the rapper; however, now one producer is claiming she didn’t own the beat in the first place.
Stolen beat?
Producer KRS took to Twitter to say Princess Nokia’s producers stole the beat from a sample pack him and Oshi created. The rapper seems to have deleted her Twitter account after the callout.
“your producers stole this from our first sample pack,” he wrote. “smh @oshimakesmusic made that melody”
your producers stole this from our first sample pack smh @oshimakesmusic made that melody ??♂️ https://t.co/k5o2Qgu61u
— producedbykrs. (@producedbyKrs) January 18, 2019
Oshi also addressed the situation in a series of tweets. Although the producer doesn’t claim to own the melody, he says Princess Nokia shouldn’t be upset about it because she didn’t create the song in the first place.
obviously I don’t own a melody I made, but you can’t call someone out for “biting” when your whole song was built off an imitation of something I made 🙂
— joshua (@oshimakesmusic) January 19, 2019
the point was that she made a video claiming ariana bit her style not realising that she was being a hypocrite bc someone remade my sample in her own song, idc about being paid for it or being credited for it, just the principle https://t.co/1dQwc8ReL5
— joshua (@oshimakesmusic) January 19, 2019
The producer also pointed out the most contemporary popular music is “stolen” from other artists.
a lot of the sounds/style you hear in the most popular songs today come from underrated and underground artists
— joshua (@oshimakesmusic) January 19, 2019
being creative comes with a certain type of ego complex & being able to grow past that unlocks so many more paths and so much more potential
— joshua (@oshimakesmusic) January 19, 2019
Additionally, some Twitter users are pointing out the similarities between Princess Nokia’s “Orange Blossom” and Kali Uchi’s “Honey Baby.”
Not just that: she even stole one of Kali Uchis track ? pic.twitter.com/bk3AXo51pW
— SLACKIN’ (@ElvisSuljevic) January 18, 2019
You can hear both songs below, and compare for yourself.
You can also listen to “Mine” and “7 Rings” below:
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