A Christian rapper, Flame, has sued Katy Perry for ripping off his 2008
track Joyful Noise for her mega-hit Dark Horse in Missouri District
Court on Tuesday.
The 32-year-old hip-hop artist - who studied in a seminary - claimed
that his secular song's high-pitched techno melody and snap-based beat
were slowed down for
Katy's ode to the 1996 film The Craft. And that his
track, Joyful Noise has been 'irreparably tarnished by its association
with the
witchcraft, paganism, black magic, and Illuminati imagery evoked by the same music in Dark Horse.'
The song by Flame - born Marcus T. Gray - scored a Gospel Music
Association Dove Award nod and its album Our World: Redeemed earned a
Grammy nomination. Dark Horse - written from the perspective of a witch -
sold 6 million copies and the Egyptian-themed music video amassed 439
million views.
Listen to the 2 songs below and let's read what you think...
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