Moroccan Singer Manal Faces Plagiarism Accusation Over Hit Song "Slay"

The French rapper nicknamed Rocka French RapQueen, who recently signed with Booba, is accusing Manal of plagiarism, explaining that she was too inspired by one of her freestyles to write Slay. This on her Instagram account...

The French artist posted this: "Repost of the Reissue of one of my first freestyles released in September! Surprised to see that a Moroccan singer named Manal released on November 28 a song whose beginning is all my text. After my label signing, I intend to tackle this problem". A video proving it (according to her) accompanied this text.

The freestyle in question would have been broadcast in September 2018 when "Slay" was released in November. Manal has not yet responded to these accusations.

As for the lyrics at the source of this conflict, we hear at the beginning of the French RapQueen freestyle as well as at the beginning of "Slay" the following lyrics: "In truth, I don’t want that life there, ... Stay on insta, make a little moment nobody will know who you are. Too many things that hurt, don’t shed tears when you’re a celebrity... When I see that I’m being imitated by the majority... Of these stuck-up people who offend me constantly who have nothing in their little life. I’ll even leave you a few decades you’ll never have the same... I would have loved to wage war on these people but I don’t even have the time".

However, Rocka French RapQueen said that the Instagram account where she had posted her freestyle in September has been closed. But she still doesn’t intend to stop there, saying she is gathering evidence thanks to her followers.