Please don’t panic – keep calm… Beyonce<\/a><\/strong>Parkwood Entertainment’s record label has won a legal victory in federal court.<\/p>\n In July 2025, Hirose Enterprises LLC, owned by Shuji Hirose, filed a lawsuit against the singer’s music label Single Ladies, claiming that she had used a sample from their 1998 song Moonraker without permission. <\/p>\n Their case was dismissed at the end of June 2026 after a judge said the company had no legal basis to sue because it filed the lawsuit before the company was even formed. <\/p>\n Beyonc\u00e9’s album RENAISSANCE has become a cultural phenomenon since its release in the summer of 2022. During this time, the singer’s label faced other legal problems, as popular artists claimed that she also used samples of their work in her songs without proper permission.<\/p>\n A US district judge dismissed a copyright and breach of contract complaint filed by Hirose Enterprises in late June 2026. Billboard<\/a>. In the initial filing, Hirose claimed to own the rights to John Holiday’s 1998 song “Moonraker,” which Queen Bey covered in her 2022 single “Alien Superstar.” <\/p>\n A representative for Parkwood Entertainment said the label cleared the sample from Holiday himself, credited him as a songwriter on the track, and paid him $10,000 and a 0.5% royalty share for Complicated<\/a>. Despite this, Hirose argued that they were the true owners of the track and should have been involved in the administrative process. <\/p>\n The lawsuit, filed on July 29, 2025, was dismissed by a judge because Hirose Enterprises LLC was incorporated a week later in early August 2025. <\/p>\n![\"Beyonc\u00e9](\"https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=960,fit=crop,quality=75,gravity=auto,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MEGA1030054_001-1-768x960.jpg\")
A US judge used Bey’s lyrics in his ruling on the matter<\/h2>\n