to rid it of its connotations with slavery, the band filed a trademark lawsuit against a Black blues singer who has performed under the same name for 20 years.
The band is asking the court to grant them the right to continue using the"Lady A" name, noting that they are not requesting the Seattle-based singer, Anita White, stop using the stage name.According to a statement from the band, White demanded they pay her $10 million in order to use the name. “Today we are sad to share that our sincere hope to join together with Anita White in unity and common purpose has ended," the band's statement said."She and her team have demanded a $10 million payment, so reluctantly we have come to the conclusion that we need to ask a court to affirm our right to continue to use the name Lady A, a trademark we have held for many years.
"Lady A" is"the nickname our fans gave us almost from the start," the band said in their announcement. The nickname was trademarked by the band in 2010, according to the lawsuit, and White had not previously challenged its use.Today, we connected privately with the artist Lady A. Transparent, honest, and authentic conversations were had. We are excited to share we are moving forward with positive solutions and common ground. The hurt is turning into hope. More to come.
I’ll be dammed 🤯
I think 'antebellum' is less racially offensive than trying to strip a black musician of her 20 year old professional identity just to make themselves look less racist....'antebellum' is vague. This lawsuit is specific and targeted.
Looks like you the A in LadyA stands for arseholes now. Accurate, I think. 🤷🏻♂️ BLM LadyA LadyArseholes dumbwhiteprivilege
Lady antebellum calling themselves lady A to hide the racist roots is like the Ku Klux Klan changing their name to the KKK. We all still know what it means.
And Lady Antebellum is acting like they are the victims. They’ve totally missed the hypocrisy of their grand name change plan like the woman using Lady A for 2 decades should gladly defer because?
言葉狩りが横行してるようで いかがなものかと思っていますが このバンド名ずっと覚えられなかったから まあ助かる（名前がいいとは言ってない）🙂
That’s retarded
If they ACTUALLY wanted to get as far away from the connotations of their og name,they would change their name to something completely different. Finding out this was already taken,should’ve sparked a “let’s go even more different” thought rather than, “let’s force her to change”
Let's change their name to 'The Karens'. 🙄
They say they registered with the patent office in 2011 with no opposition, and she's asking for them 10 million dollars to share the name they already patented. That's 2 million dollars per letter for the name Lady A.
Oh yes another one off my 2020 Bingo.
This is so stupid in so many ways, I fell sorry for the real Lady A about that.
sarahjoyjantzen the saga continues. We still don’t know what the A stands for? ladya we’re ready for answers!
It's not privilege, it's being a bunch of pandering dipshits in the first place and now turns out they are also assholes. That's all this is.
Wow. They really are trying to lose fans by pulling this bullsh*t stunt. I hope people stop buying their music. Just because you have money doesn't mean you have the right to steal a performer's name and treat others inappropriately. Shame on you Lady Antebellum!!
They have had the trademark for 10 years and she tried to grift 10 million from them. You can try reporting the news you know?
If you're going to describe the race of the Blues singer then you need to include the races of the country band: 'All White Country Band Newly Named Lady A Is Suing ...'. There I fixed it for you. Respect to Black Country singers and bands.
In fairness it's a bit of a clickbait title isn't it? They trademarked Lady A 10 years ago & want both the band & singer to continue using it. She demanded $10m from them. They want a court to confirm them can use the name.
So much for Black Lives Matter
This would be hilarious if it weren’t so ironically racist.
This headlines does not explain that she is trying to shake the band down for $10,000,000.00 for a name she never trademarked.
Not a good look.
Lady G is also taken
Can we just appreciate the irony in this? Takes antebellum out of the name to be less racist, then sues black women for having the name first. FFS.
The audacity..........
They’re making it worse...
White Privilege takes on many forms.
I love when woke people eat each other.
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