"Bad Bunny has been sued over a voice recording sampled on "Solo de Mi" and "EoO"-companion songs featured on 2018's and last year's Debí Tirar Más Fotos- reports. The plaintiff, Tainaly Y. Serrano Rivera, claims producer Roberto Rosado solicited the recording from her when they were theater students at the Interamerican University of Arecibo. The lawsuit argues that Rivera, having never agreed to its commercial use or signed a contract,"
"The lyric in question-"Mira, puñeta, no me quiten el perreo"-literally translates as "Damn, don't take away my perreo!," referring to the reggaeton subgenre. But, as Tatiana Lee Rodriguez writes in Pitchfork's review of Debí Tirar Más Fotos, it is "more like the Boricua version of 'Bitch, don't kill my vibe!'" The lyric has become a meme, frequently appearing on social media and message boards."
Bad Bunny faces a lawsuit claiming an unlicensed voice sample appears on "Solo de Mi" and an "EoO"-companion song from Debí Tirar Más Fotos. Plaintiff Tainaly Y. Serrano Rivera alleges producer Roberto Rosado solicited the recording while they were theater students at the Interamerican University of Arecibo and that she never agreed to commercial use or signed a contract. Rivera seeks $16 million for privacy and publicity rights, alleging the sample is played in concerts and used on merchandise. The contested lyric has become a social media meme. Defendants include Rosado and the Rimas label; representatives did not respond.
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