Nicki Minaj is facing a new lawsuit, where a musician claimed she stole his beat in her 2014 song I Lied.

The 40-year-old rapper (born Onika Tanya Maraj) was sued alongside music producer Mike Will Made It by musician Julius Johnson, according to TMZ.

Johnson claims that same beat used in I Lied, a track from her December 2014 album The Pinkprint, was a ‘carbon copy’ of a beat he created for the 2011 song he published on YouTube, called, onmysleeve.

Johnson claims he had the beat on a computer hard drive in 2013, when he attended the Art Institute of Atlanta.

However, he also claims that drive was taken from him without his consent during a studio recording session, without his consent.

Lawsuit: Nicki Minaj is facing a new lawsuit, where a musician claimed she stole his beat in her 2014 song I Lied

Sued: The 40-year-old rapper (born Onika Tanya Maraj) was sued alongside music producer Mike Will Made It by musician Julius Johnson, according to TMZ

He also claims that both Minaj and producer Mike Will Made It were at the Art Institute of Atlanta at the same time, and somehow procured the drive with the beat on it.

While I Lied was released in 2014, Johnson claimed in his lawsuit that he didn’t hear it until 2022, stating in the lawsuit that he immediately recognized the beat.

Johnson acknowledges the lyrics are clearly different from his track onmysleeve, though the beat and the instrumentation is practically the same.

He is suing Minaj and the producer for the profits they earned from it, and is seeking a judge to have Minaj stop using the song or give him proper credit for his contribution.

While a rep for Minaj had no comment, a source close to the rapper hinted that Minaj herself may not have selected that beat.

‘Clearly Nicki is a lyricist, so the claim in terms of production will obviously have to be addressed by the applicable parties,’ the source contended.

Still, it seems that Mike Will Made It is the ‘applicable party’ who provided the beat for the track, though that has yet to be confirmed.

The news comes just days after it was revealed that fans of Minaj’s rapper rival Cardi B are apparently behind a petition to remove both Minaj and her husband Kenneth Petty from their Hidden Hills home.

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Same time: He also claims that both Minaj and producer Mike Will Made It were at the Art Institute of Atlanta at the same time, and somehow procured the drive with the beat on it

Recognized: While I Lied was released in 2014, Johnson claimed in his lawsuit that he didn’t hear it until 2022, stating in the lawsuit that he immediately recognized the beat

Minaj and Petty purchased a home in the exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood, though residents have created a Change.org petition to remove them, citing his status as a, ‘level 3 sex offender, convicted for the attempted rape of a 16-year-old-girl.’

The petition also claims that Petty has a ‘high likelihood to reoffend’ and ‘is currently under house arrest for failing to register as a sex offender in California as law demands it.’

‘The Petty couple moving in would lead to appraisal value of our homes to go DOWN due to safety concerns. It would lead to children and women being a target,’ the petition added. ‘Don’t wait to receive a letter from the government saying a predator has moved in near you.’

The petition was first started in December, 2022, after the couple purchased a $19.5 million home in the same gated community as as Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian.

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