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Cardi B Must Face Copyright Lawsuit Over Hit Single ‘Enough’ (2)

June 18, 2025, 7:34 PM UTC; Updated: June 18, 2025, 10:10 PM UTC
Annelise Levy
Annelise Levy
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Lauren Castle
Lauren Castle
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Rapper Cardi B failed to escape a lawsuit accusing her song “Enough (Miami)” of copying one featured in the FX series “Reservation Dogs.”

Judge Ricardo Hinojosa denied the rapper’s renewed motion to dismiss musical duo Kemika1956’s lawsuit at a hearing Tuesday, according to a minute entry in the court docket. Hinojosa allowed the musical duo’s second amended complaint to remain in operation, denying the rapper’s motion to strike it as going beyond the parameters of the court’s permission to file it.

WATCH: In this video we explore how the copyright in a song – the musical composition – works. We look at what courts use to determine whether there was an infringement, and why these cases can be so complicated.

The rapper, Atlantic Records, and Warner Music Group were given three weeks to refile a motion ...

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