Jay Z and Beyonce are facing a lawsuit for their Everything Is Love standout track "Black Effect" after Jamaican choreographer and academic Dr. Lenora Stines called out the couple for allegedly recording her vocals and using them in the song without her permission or credit.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, states that Dr. Stines felt exploited by the track.
"To the shock, horror and chagrin of Dr. Stines, [Everything Is Love] featured the unauthorized exploitation of her vocals on a song known as 'Black Effect,'" her lawyers write. "Dr. Stines' horror and chagrin was compounded when she realized that not only were her vocals featured on the recording, but she also discovered that she was not even credited by the DEFENDANTS for providing her vocals."