Lizzo<\/a> has some strong feelings about sampling laws.<\/p>\n The 37-year-old appeared on Million Dollaz Worth of Game<\/em><\/a>, where, amid discussing the release of her latest mixtape, My Face Hurts from Smiling<\/em>, she declared that the origins of sampling laws are \u201cracist<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe first time people started sampling was who? It was rappers in the 80s and 90s,\u201d she said at around the 36:30 minute mark.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were sampling records because they didn’t have access to big studios. They didn’t grow up learning how to play bass and stuff like that. They created the genre of hip-hop through sampling records in their parents’ vinyls and stuff. There were no sampling laws back then.,” she added. “It was all a free-for-all. So, they was just outside, just like, \u2018Okay, this is just what it is.\u2019 And then hip-hop was born, and it was this beautiful thing.\u201d<\/p>\n COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what’s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n izzo then mistakenly cited Sir Mix-a-Lot as the first rapper to get sued for sampling music, when she might have been thinking about Biz Markie. In 1991, music publisher Grand Upright Music sued him and his label, Warner Bros. Records, for a sample he used on his I Need a Haircut <\/em>album track, \u201cAlone Again.\u201d Rather than ask for royalties, Warner was directed to shelve Markie\u2019s album until the song was removed.<\/p>\n Prior to that, in 1989, The Turtles sued De La Soul for a sample used on the rap group\u2019s album, 3 Feet High and Rising<\/em>. The case was settled out of court.<\/p>\n \u201cI just feel like the theft of it all, putting theft on black culture, that’s the part that kind of turns me off,\u201d Lizzo added. \u201cHip-hop’s medium was sampling. Sampling is a Black art that bred hip-hop. Hip-hop was born from sampling. And now sampling is synonymous with theft.\u201d<\/p>\n She then clarified that she believes the \u201corigins\u201d of sampling laws were \u201cracially charged.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was policing Black art,” she said. “I think now, of course, they had to regulate some sort of thing, and there’s certain things that are fair and unfair. I get it. But when you’re suing people off of a vibe, it’s like, man, that’s the vibe of my song.\u201d<\/p>\n Lizzo has been previously outspoken about how racism has impacted her music, when she talked to Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a> about the “racist origin” of pop music.<\/p>\n ‘I think if people did any research they would see that there was race music and then there was pop music,” she said.<\/p>\n <\/a> Lizzo Argues ‘Golden Age’ of Music Videos Is Over: ‘It’s Not the Artists’ Fault’<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ,<\/p>\n <\/a> SZA Defends Lizzo, Says It\u2019s \u2018Weird\u2019 to See People \u2018Attack\u2019 Her<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ,<\/p>\n <\/a> Lizzo Blames Social Media Algorithms for Lack of \u2018Song of the Summer\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Latto Names Drake and Mariah The Scientist’s Albums Among Her Favorite in 2025<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Cash Cobain Pays Homage to Famous Notorious B.I.G. ‘King of New York’ Photo in Pelle Pelle Campaign<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nRelated News<\/h3>\n
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