Katy Perry Sued By Christian Musicians Over Allegedly Stolen Music For 'Dark Horse'

Once a Christian singer herself, Katy Perry is being sued by a group of Christian musicians for apparently ripping off their music for her hit song "Dark Horse," and tainting it with what they call "black magic."

The musicians - Grammy-nominated rapper Flame (Marcus Gray), Chike Ojukwu, Emanuel Lambert and Grammy-winning rapper LeCrae (Lecrae Moore) - filed a lawsuit in in St. Louis federal court Tuesday against the pop star and Capitol Records, claiming Perry's hit single is a rip off of their 2008 song "Joyful Noise," according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The suit claims that Perry, 29, Juicy J, producers Dr. Luke and Max Martin, and other associates "infringed the copyright" of the Christian rap song, and have "exploited and profited" from its use.

It also lobs that "Joyful Noise" - a song that has won awards in the Christian and Gospel music world and is featured on Flame's Grammy-nominated album "Our World: Redeemed" - has been "irreparably tarnished by its association with the witchcraft, paganism, black magic and Illuminati imagery" evoked by the music in Perry's "Dark Horse," and its music video, the Post-Dispatch reports.

Perry's song has come under fire before - in February a Change.org petition was started, and successfully met its goal, to have the singer remove imagery of a man wearing a pendant bearing the word "Allah" while standing in fire from the "Dark Horse" music video, in what was considered a display of blasphemy by thousands of people in the Muslim community.

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