An ex-girlfriend of Bad Bunny claims in a new lawsuit the reggaeton superstar used audio of her voice in a pair of songs without permission.
A recording of the phrase “Bad Bunny, baby” is featured in the 2016 song “Pa Ti” as well as the 2022 track “Dos Mil 16,? which appears on the Puerto Rican rapper’s chart-topping album “Un Verano Sin Ti.”
Carliz De La Cruz Hernández never authorized the artist to use her vocal clip, her lawyers claim in the lawsuit seeking at least $40 million.
“Since then, thousands of people have commented directly on Carliz’s social media networks, as well as every time she goes to a public place, about the ‘Bad Bunny, baby.’ This has caused, and currently causes, that De La Cruz feels worried, anguished, intimidated, overwhelmed and anxious,” reads the lawsuit, which was filed this month in Puerto Rico.
Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, was in a relationship with De La Cruz from 2011 to 2016 and again in 2017. She allegedly recorded the “Bad Bunny, baby” sample in 2015.
Last year, De La Cruz rejected a $2,000 offer from a Bad Bunny representative for the sample and also failed to reach an agreement with the Rimas Entertainment label, she claims.
Bad Bunny, 29, hasn’t publicly commented on the lawsuit.
Known for hits such as “Tití Me Preguntó” and “Me Porto Bonito,” Bad Bunny was Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally in each of the past three years. “Un Verano Sin Ti” won a Grammy last month for best musica urbana album and was the first Spanish-language project to be nominated for album of the year.
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