Beyonce, Jay Z Sued by Hungarian Singer Mitsou Over "Drunk in Love": Compare Tracks
Beyonce and Jay Z may be singing "How the hell did this s--t happen?" after getting served with a lawsuit over their hit single "Drunk in Love." The married performers, who worked together with producer Timbaland on the now-classic steamy ballad, are named in new legal documents from Hungarian singer Monika Juhasz Miczura , aka Mitsou, who says her vocals were unfairly sampled. Mitsou reportedly filed papers on Friday, Dec. 12, one day before the one-year anniversary of the surprise release of Beyonce's smash hit self-titled album, which featured "Drunk in Love." The lawsuit alleges that Beyonce and her team sampled Mitsou's vocals for the opening hook of the single, taking a 1995 recording that the Hungarian singer did of a song called "Bajba, Bajba Pelem," or the U.S. title, "Gypsy Life on the Road." "Mitsou has never signed any documents that would permit anyone to use her voice for adver...