GloRilla is pushing back in court against a lawsuit claiming she stole the phrase “all natural, no BBL” for her music. The suit was filed earlier this year by Natalie Henderson, known on the Gram as @slimdabodylast, who alleged that the Memphis rapper lifted the phrase from her own work.
According to a new filing obtained by Billboard, GloRilla’s legal team is asking a judge to dismiss the case entirely. They argue that copyright law does not protect such expressions, calling the phrase “too common, everyday, trite, and cliched to be protectable by copyright.”
Her attorneys went further, pointing out that Henderson’s claim has no basis since the wording isn’t original. “The phrase at issue in plaintiff’s song is not original and thus not copyrightable… Anyone who listens to the two songs should easily reach the conclusion that these songs are not substantially similar,” the filing reads. The motion also lists at least seven other tracks that use nearly identical phrasing and states there is no proof GloRilla ever heard Henderson’s music.
At the center of the dispute is Glo’s 2024 track “Never Find,” where she raps, “Natural, no BBL/ but I’m still gon’ give him hell.” The record was included as a bonus cut on her GLORIOUS album, which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. Henderson, however, points to her own song that includes the line, “All natural, no BBL/ Mad hoes go to hell,” arguing there are “unmistakable similarities between the two works.”
Her lawyers insist a “side by side comparison” shows overlap in lyrics, arrangement, and content, but GloRilla’s camp maintains the case should be thrown out before trial. The decision now rests with the court on whether the lawsuit moves forward or gets dismissed.