{"id":244056,"date":"2026-06-03T18:51:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/travis-scott-sza-future-copyright-lawsuit-dropped-after-gospel-singer-says-she-wants-to-forgive-move-on\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:51:33","slug":"travis-scott-sza-future-copyright-lawsuit-dropped-after-gospel-singer-says-she-wants-to-forgive-move-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/travis-scott-sza-future-copyright-lawsuit-dropped-after-gospel-singer-says-she-wants-to-forgive-move-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Scott, SZA &#038; Future Copyright Lawsuit Dropped After Gospel Singer Says She Wants to &#8216;Forgive&#8217; &#038; Move On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2223790\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/travis-scott\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Travis Scott<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/sza\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">SZA<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/future\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Future<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s copyright lawsuit has been dropped.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn\u2019t know, gospel singer<strong> Victory Boyd<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/travis-scott-sza-future-face-copyright-suit-over-telekinesis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed a lawsuit<\/a> last year alleging that the trio\u2019s 2023 song \u201cTelekinesis\u201d was stolen from her unreleased 2019 demo called \u201cLike the Way It Sounds\u201d that she made with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kanye-west\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Kanye West<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The trio denied wrongdoing, but a federal judge refused to dismiss the case as of two months ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victory<\/strong> has since dropped the lawsuit as of Wednesday (June 3), saying she \u201cdecided to forgive\u201d <strong>Travis<\/strong> and move on, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/accuser-drops-travis-scott-sza-telekinesis-lawsuit\/?bt_ee=9exQWJaX4BvgelNHbeJ73ynuNZKIr%2BDXmT9Dgvykjpo5SidLsRFeJ%2F4XuVZQO3BE&amp;bt_ts=1780509574353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billboard.<\/a> There is no settlement in the court filings.<\/p>\n<p>Her lawyer\u00a0<strong>Keith White<\/strong>\u00a0said <strong>Victory <\/strong>went through \u201can internal spiritual process\u201d before ending the case, and that she\u2019s always been credited as a co-writer on \u201cTelekinesis\u201d and would continue receiving publishing royalties, and is no longer pursuing damages in addition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter some internal reflection, <strong>Victory <\/strong>decided to forgive <strong>Travis Scott <\/strong>and move past a legal process that felt like it was draining her creatively and spiritually. <strong>Victory<\/strong> is moving forward to focus on her art, her ministry and her life. She sends her blessings to all of the parties in the case and is excited to move forward,\u201d the lawyer said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The song was originally recorded for consideration on <strong>Ye<\/strong>\u2018s <em>Jesus Is King <\/em>and <em>Donda<\/em>, which <strong>Travis<\/strong> was featured on, before reportedly being given the song by <strong>Ye<\/strong> for him to use instead. (Ye was also never named as a defendant in the lawsuit.) <\/p>\n<p>For more details about what led to the lawsuit, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/accuser-drops-travis-scott-sza-telekinesis-lawsuit\/?bt_ee=9exQWJaX4BvgelNHbeJ73ynuNZKIr%2BDXmT9Dgvykjpo5SidLsRFeJ%2F4XuVZQO3BE&amp;bt_ts=1780509574353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billboard.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/christopher-nolan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Christopher Nolan<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is defending casting <strong>Travis<\/strong> in his highly anticipated next movie,\u00a0<em>The Odyssey<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/12\/christopher-nolan-defends-casting-travis-scott-in-the-odyssey-explains-the-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out what he said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/future\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Future<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kanye-west\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kanye West<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/music\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Music<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/sza\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/travis-scott\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travis Scott<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/victory-boyd\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victory Boyd<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/03\/travis-scott-sza-future-copyright-lawsuit-dropped-after-gospel-singer-says-she-wants-to-forgive-move-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Travis Scott, SZA and Future\u2018s copyright lawsuit has been dropped. If you didn\u2019t know, gospel singer Victory Boyd filed a lawsuit last year alleging that the trio\u2019s 2023 song \u201cTelekinesis\u201d was stolen from her unreleased 2019 demo called \u201cLike the Way It Sounds\u201d that she made with Kanye West. The trio denied wrongdoing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":244057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-244056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}