According to a lawsuit filed by musician Christopher R. O’Connor, Ariana Grande’s reggae-pop tune featuring Nicki Minaj is a blatant rip-off of another song, just with their vocals added in.
Christopher claims that Ariana’s hit song Side to Side is his track, called J5 (T6). If he is to be believed, someone from UMG Recordings discovered it and got Ariana and Nicki to copy it.
O’Connor told TMZ.com that he reached out to UMG about the alleged copyright violation and was instructed to send in a demo... but the company didn’t address his accusation of song stealing.
O’Connor also said that he believes UMG has found some more of his songs online and used them to produce other copies by artists like Mike Shinoda and Taylor Swift.
He’s asking for royalties and songwriting credit.
