 Katy Perry will no longer have to pay 2.8 million dollars, 2.1 million pounds to a rapper who said she stole her song on a heat dark horse. Marcus Gray sued Perry in 2014 saying she had plagiarized an eight note rife from his track, Joyful Noise. A jury agreed and awarded him a 2.8 million dollars payout but a judge let her overturn that verdict saying that the melody was not particularly unique or rare upholding that the decision and appeal court said the regional verdict could have suffocated the music the musical creativity in a 3-0 verdict the court said Gray had been attempting to claim an improper monopoly over conventional musical building blocks when he first sued Perry in 2014. So you get notified about fresh news updates.