Victory Boyd is suing Travis Scott, SZA, and Future over alleged song theft in ‘Telekinesis’
Roc Nation artist Victory Boyd brings charges of infringement of copyrights against Travis Scott, SZA, Future, and other credited writers of “Telekinesis,” which, though not credited so, has used part of Boyd’s song “Like The Way It Sounds” recorded and released in 2019. As Allhiphop reported, the federal lawsuit was filed in New York on 8th January and accuses Scott and all who helped him write that our song contains elements easily recognizable as rip-offs of this hook.
Boyd said she initially played “Like The Way It Sounds” to Kanye West in November 2019. She has accused West, who is not named in the suit, of playing the song for Scott, who allegedly passed it to Future and SZA. According to Boyd, the resulting track includes lines borrowed from her song.
Further, in the lawsuit, OctaED, Vega, and Boyd also include luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet as defendants, claiming that the company used “Telekinesis” in the ads campaign with Boyd, though she declined the offer. Boyd also notes that her name is on Spotify as the song’s composer, which she alleges Spotify added without her consent. Additionally, Boyd says she was recently given eight percent of the song’s ownership, which she declined.