Cardi B Defeats ‘Enough (Miami)’ Song Copying Lawsuit: ‘No Factual Support’

Cardi B has won a court order throwing out a lawsuit that claimed her hit 2024 single “Enough (Miami)” copied an earlier track called “Greasy Frybread.” A Texas federal judge ruled on Monday (March 30) that there are fatal deficiencies in the litigation brought two years ago by Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar, who produced “Greasy Frybread” for rapper Sten Joddi.

The duo alleges Cardi (Belcalis Almanzar) lifted the song’s melody and bassline for “Enough (Miami),” which hit No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained on the chart for 14 weeks. As is typical in these sorts of song-theft cases, Fraustro and Aguilar initially sued Cardi for federal copyright infringement. But they dropped those allegations after Cardi’s lawyers pointed out that “Greasy Frybread” was not actually registered with the U.S.

Copyright Office; they later retooled the lawsuit with a series of related claims under Texas state law. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. said Monday that these state-law claims fail because Cardi does not have any significant ties to Texas. Fraustro and Aguilar argued that she did business...