Travis Scott No Longer Facing Lawsuit Over ‘Alright’ Sample on ‘Astroworld’ and ‘Utopia’
A pair of songwriters dropped their nearly three-year-old copyright infringement case against the star rapper.
Two songwriters, Dion Norman and Derrick Ordogne, have dropped a lawsuit accusing Travis Scott of using their work without permission on two tracks from his albums Astroworld and Utopia. The pair voluntarily dismissed their legal claims against Scott and Sony Music on October 9. Billboard first reported on the court filing, which did not indicate if a settlement had been reached.
Norman and Ordogne initially alleged that Scott incorporated an uncoded portion of their song "B—–s Reply" into "Stargazing" from Astroworld and "Til Further Notice" from Utopia in 2023. Both of these tracks, which topped the Billboard Hot 100, repeated the word "alright." The lawsuit claimed that this repetition was lifted from "B—–s Reply."
Notably, other artists had previously acknowledged Norman and Ordogne as the source of that portion of their song, including Kid Cudi, Cardi B, and Diddy. In response, Scott and Sony argued that the repeated "alrights" were not copyrightable, as copyright law only protects original works. The attorneys claimed that the repetitive, common "alright" phrase "lacks even the minimal creativity" to meet the copyright standard.
Earlier, Norman and Ordogne had also accused producers Metro Boomin and James Blake of wrongdoing in "Til Further Notice." However, both producers were removed from the lawsuit in 2026. Representatives for Norman, Ordogne, Scott, and Sony did not comment on the lawsuit's dismissal at the time.
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