Bad Bunny Hit With $16 Million Lawsuit Over Allegedly Stolen Vocal Sample

A bit over a yr in the past, Bad Bunny dropped arguably his greatest album but, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS. But precisely on the LP’s one-year anniversary on Monday (January 5), Tainaly Y. Serrano Rivera sued him for $16 million for allegedly utilizing her vocals on two of his tracks with out permission.

According to the court filing itself in Puerto Rico and a Rolling Stone report on the matter, Bunny’s Rimas Entertainment label, in addition to producer Roberto “La Paciencia” Rosado, are additionally part of the lawsuit. It stems from using Serrano Rivera’s voice on two tracks. The first is on the finish of “Solo De Mi” on 2018’s X 100PRE, and the second is in the course of 2025’s “EoO” off of the aforementioned DtMF project. Her line is “Mira, puñeta, no me quiten el perreo” (which roughly interprets to “Look, rattling it, do not take away the perreo,” reggaetón’s principal dance).

Per Serrano Rivera, producer La Paciencia requested her to report the road once they studied collectively at Arecibo’s Inter American University’s theater program. However, she claims he failed to tell her of its industrial or promoting functions, and that they by no means negotiated a contract with a license or written authorization permitting its use in these tracks.

Furthermore, Serrano Rivera identified the Puerto Rican famous person’s robust affiliation with the phrase by way of merchandise, social media engagement, live shows, and extra. She seeks $16 million from the defendants for allegedly violating her publicity and privateness rights. We will see how they reply.

In that lawsuit, De La Cruz Hernández accused the upcoming Super Bowl halftime show performer of utilizing a vocal pattern of her saying “Bad Bunny, baby” on two tracks with out her permission. These are 2017’s “Pa’ Ti” single and 2022’s Un Verano Sin Ti minimize “Dos Mil 16.”

That 2023 lawsuit continues to attend on a ultimate decision beneath Puerto Rico’s court docket system.