Negative Bunny sued for $40m by ex-girlfriend over 'Negative Bunny child' recording
Pop super star Bad Rabbit is being sued for $40m (₤ 33m) by his ex-girlfriend, who says he made use of a recording of her in two songs without permission.
Carliz De La Cruz Hernández claims she taped the catch phrase" Poor Bunny baby" on her phone in 2015, before he became famous as well as prior to they split up.
The line has appeared on the Puerto Rican vocalist as well as rap artist's 2017 solitary Pa Ti as well as the 2022 track Dos Mil 16. Bad Rabbit was the most-streamed musician on Spotify for the previous three years.He has not publicly replied to Ms De La Cruz's lawsuit, which was filed in Puerto Rico previously this month.
It stated the pair got together in 2011 and also both worked in a supermarket as Bad Rabbit -real name Benito Martínez Ocasio- also made music.
She taped numerous variations of herself stating the "Poor Rabbit baby" line making use of the voice notes app at a good friend's home in the shower room -because it was the quietest area- as well as sent them to Martínez.
He utilized them in a string of very early tracks on Soundcloud, after that launched it on Pa Ti, which has actually had more than 355 million sights YouTube platform and 235 million use Spotify. 'Overloaded and also distressed 'Ms De La Cruz's legal representatives assert that, days before Bad Bunny's most current cd Un Verano Transgression Ti came out in 2014, his agents used to acquire the legal rights to the line from her for $2,000(₤ 1,600).
She declined, and also the cd was released with her line on it. Un Verano Sin Ti took place to be chosen for album of the year at the Grammy Awards, and the track Dos Mil 16 has 'had 60 million YouTube views and also 280 million Spotify plays.
Ms De La Cruz claims her recording has actually also been utilized in concerts, and also argues that its use amounts to" gross'carelessness, breach of contract as well as, worse still, an assault on her personal privacy, precepts as well as dignity ".
Since the most up to date cd came out, countless Bad Bunny fans have talked about Ms De La Cruz's social media sites accounts as well as talking with her regarding it when they see her face to face, she stated. "This has actually triggered, and also presently triggers, De La Cruz to feel stressed, uneasy, frightened, bewildered and nervous," the legal document stated." The scenario for De La Cruz came to be unmanageable, to the point that she required to get in touch with numerous psycho therapists for aid as soon as possible. "The pair broke up in 2016 before briefly returning together the following year.
Ms De La Cruz is also suing Negative Bunny's record label Rimas Home entertainment as well as supervisor Noah Assad.