Beyoncé Is Being Sued Again — And It Involves One Fan-Favorite ‘Renaissance’ Track

Beyoncé is facing legal drama again over one of the standout tracks from her Grammy award-winning Renaissance album.

This time, Beyoncé’s legal dispute centers on the spoken-word introduction to “Alien Superstar.” The people claiming ownership of the sampled material say they want their cut.

According to TMZ, Hirose Enterprise and producer Shuji Hirose have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Beyoncé and several music companies over the use of “Moonraker”—a song performed by John Holiday, who also performs under the name Foremost Poets.

The lawsuit claims that Beyoncé’s team used the spoken word introduction from “Moonraker” on “Alien Superstar” without getting the proper license before Renaissance was released in 2022. The plaintiffs say a license was eventually obtained weeks after the album dropped, but there was a major problem with that agreement. Hirose claims it owned the rights to the song long before the album came out and that Holiday had already transferred his interest in the work decades ago.

In other words, the people suing Beyoncé are basically saying, “You got permission from the wrong person.”

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