Take a listen and compare the tracks for yourself.
Tesfaye also found himself being sued by Yasminah, a Somali-American poet and activist, who said that the singer stole the beat from her song “Jewel of My Life,” also known as “Hooyo.” Yasminah claimed that her song may not be a chart-topping hit, but it is popular among East African communities in North America. She says Tesfaye used her beat for his hit song “Starboy” and that he learned about it because of his Canadian, Ethiopian immigrant parents.
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