Rapper Lil Nas X may be in hot water after allegations that he stole an idea for his Montero album promo have surfaced. According to The Blast, metal artist Dana Dentana is accusing the "Industry Baby" artist of stealing her 'Labor' concept to promote his album.
Based on court documents, Dentana's "Pantychrist" album and artwork served as the blueprint for Nas X's "Montero" pregnancy and labor promotion. In a cease and desist letter sent to the rapper and his management team, Dentana, born Dana Wright, claims that the rapper used copyrighted material identical to her "Pantychrist" music video.
"Additionally, the sonogram image your client released, as well as the photographs depicting him as pregnant wearing a prosthetic stomach in promotion of Montero," the letter said. "which appears on Instagram and in People Magazine, are also nearly identical and, again, clearly used my client's works as their basis. You neither asked for nor received permission to use my client's Works as the basis for LIL NAS X GIVES BIRTH and as promotional content for Montero, nor to make or distribute copies of it. Therefore, we believe you have willfully infringed her rights."
Dentata asks that Lil Nas X take down the video 'Gives Birth' on YouTube, which has over 15 million views.
The Canadian-born artist, Dentata, the first female solo artist, signed to Roadrunner Records, released her first album, DANAVI$ION, independently in 2018. Following the success of her single, "TND," Dentata was asked by Kanye West, who was the creative director of the Pornhub Awards 2018, to perform as the closing act.
Last September, Lil Nas X dropped his album, Montero, after releasing a series of teasers for the album, including his pregnancy announcement. People magazine reports that the 22-year-old released his final video, in labor, on his Instagram account. The video shows the pregnant rapper wheeled into a hospital before giving birth to his debut album. Earlier that month, he posed for pregnancy photos exclusively for People magazine.
The album debuted at no. 2 on the Billboard 200 charts, selling over 120,000 copies in its first week. Additionally, 11 songs from the album were on Billboard's Hot 100 chart by Oct.
