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A Texas judge dismissed a $50 million copyright lawsuit against Cardi B over her song “Enough (Miami)”
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The plaintiffs claimed Cardi’s song copied their track “Greasy Frybread”
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The star is currently on her Little Miss Drama Tour
Months after she was found not liable in an assault and battery lawsuit, Cardi B secured yet another legal victory when a Texas judge dismissed a $50 million copyright infringement lawsuit against the Grammy-winning star.
On Monday, March 30, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez dismissed without prejudice the suit filed against Cardi in July 2024 by Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar, who claimed that her song “Enough (Miami)” had “copied, misappropriated and profited” off their own song “Greasy Frybread,” according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
The duo claimed they produced the song “Greasy Frybread” for rapper Sten Joddi, and saw the track take off two years later when it was featured on the FX series Reservation Dogs and uploaded with a music video to YouTube.
The plaintiffs alleged Cardi “unlawfully duplicated” the song and released it without their permission under the name “Enough (Miami)” in March 2024. They also claimed that the release of “Enough (Miami)” caused them “reputational harm within the music industry and caused them to be blacklisted.”
Cardi B on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in March 2026.
Credit: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
“The court did not reach or decide the underlying issue of whether our clients’ musical work was unlawfully used,” the plaintiffs’ attorney Robert R. Flores told PEOPLE in a statement. “Our clients have since secured a federal copyright registration, and we are evaluating next steps, including refiling the case in an appropriate forum. The claims remain very much alive, and we intend to pursue them. Out of respect for the ongoing litigation process, we won’t be commenting further at this time.”
Cardi (née Belcalis Almánzar) and her attorneys filed several motions in the case, and claimed in court that “Greasy Frybread” wasn’t copyright protected.
Fraustro and Aguilar argued in court filings that because Cardi played multiple shows in Texas, Texas law should apply, but Rodriguez shot that down, and also said it would be “futile” to allow them to file another amendment.
Cardi’s lawyers noted that they believed the plaintiffs had tried to shift things to Texas law because they “belatedly realized — after [Cardi’s] counsel brought it to their attention — that they lacked a copyright registration.”
According to Rolling Stone, the plaintiffs eventually secured a copyright registration for “Greasy Frybread” on Oct. 31, 2025, more than a year after first filing their lawsuit.
“Obviously, we are very pleased with today’s order and appreciate the court’s careful consideration of the issues,” Cardi’s attorney Lisa F. Moore said in a statement to Rolling Stone.
In September, a Los Angeles jury found the rapper not liable for assault and battery against her former security guard Emani Ellis, who sued the star for $24 million over an alleged assault in 2018.
She is currently on her Little Miss Drama Tour, which is set to continue through April 18.
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