The music producers bringing a copyright infringement case over Cardi B’s hit single “Enough (Miami)” are seeking a court order that would bar the rap superstar from including the track on her much-awaited album, Am I the Drama?.
The lawsuit was filed last summer by Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar, who produced rapper Sten Joddi’s track “Greasy FryBread” in 2021. Fraustro and Aguilar allege Cardi (Belcalis Almánzar) lifted that song’s melody and bassline for her March 2024 single “Enough (Miami),” which spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at No. 9 on the chart.
Now, Fraustro and Aguilar are asking for a court injunction that would prohibit Cardi from including “Enough (Miami)” on Am I the Drama?, her long-awaited sophomore album due Sept. 19 via Atlantic Records.
“Should Cardi B and her associates be permitted to release the album including the single ‘Enough (Miami),’ the damages to plaintiffs will not only be irreparable, but almost impossible to calculate,” writes Fraustro and Aguilar’s attorney Robert Flores on Tuesday (Aug. 12). “Enjoining the release of one song from an album with 23 song slots is less damage than allowing it to be released.”
The requested injunction would also require Cardi to remove the single from streaming and bar her from “performing, publishing, distributing or monetizing” the song until Fraustro and Aguilar’s lawsuit is resolved.
There seems to be some confusion over whether Cardi and Atlantic are actually planning to put “Enough (Miami)” on Am I the Drama?. Flores writes in his motion for a preliminary injunction that the album “promotes the song ‘Enough (Miami)’ as its main track,” but there has been no public announcement about the 2024 single being included on the LP.
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The majority of Cardi’s 23-song track list for Am I the Drama? remains secret. The rapper has released the single “Outside” and has another, “Imaginary Players,” coming out this Friday (Aug. 15). Cardi has also revealed that her previous chart-toppers “Up” and “WAP” will be included on the album — but there’s been no mention so far of “Enough (Miami)” joining those singles on the track list.
On Wednesday (Sept. 13), Cardi’s legal team declined to comment on the matter, and reps from Atlantic did not immediately return requests for comment.
Lawyers repping Cardi, Atlantic and the label’s parent company Warner Music Group have previously said that Fraustro and Aguilar’s claims are “utterly meritless.” They’re seeking to dismiss the case outright, pointing out that the producers don’t even have a valid copyright registration for “Greasy FryBread.”