Ariana Grande’s up for Record of the Year for her hit, “7 Rings,” but according to lawyers for hip-hop artist and producer Josh Stone, the whole track is “a forgery.” CNN reports Stone filed suit against Grande and seven co-writers in New York City on Friday, Jan. 17, claiming her recording is a rip-off of a song he wrote, recorded and published called “You Need It, I Got It.” Ariana’s January 2019 song is credits 10 songwriters including Grande and Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, who wrote “My Favorite Things,” the melody of which Grande and her team recycled for her tune. In the filing, Stone claims producer Thomas Lee Brown, who has worked with Grande on at least five albums, attended a meeting with Stone and Universal Music Group in June 2017, where Stone claims he played, “I Got It.” He says Brown told him he liked the track and was “interested in exploring opportunities to work together.” Instead, the suit alleges he simply stole the track.
