{"id":548509,"date":"2026-03-27T13:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/548509\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:25:12","slug":"lion-king-singer-sues-comedian-for-20m-for-mistranslating-circle-of-life-chant-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/548509\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lion King\u2019 singer sues comedian for $20M for mistranslating \u2018Circle of Life\u2019 chant &#8211; New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxNNXpYeDMtUjU2Z09ueE1HaGdtNVJQY2NNdjA4NXUyY2t5dHpKOE9ONENkVG9rTDZlR2IwZnVhVndvUWJIRFlhY2JkSEd0Z0dPazU3N0FQUlAyaU14eS1JWURMUnhwN2txbVI0ZW5yUFFMZHlZSlZFUW9RMFNIOEJ2MXVVSW9EUWF4a3NvY3RaemUtZndSMFZRRS1KWGdKYnVzOTVuZXBYamVIZ093U3FTSEtNZEFBMTBH?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Lion King\u2019 singer sues comedian for $20M for mistranslating \u2018Circle of Life\u2019 chant<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;New York Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxPM1dsSU5pd1RJVkpTUy1RMzFuNkpYZnBHS3Jab08tVTIwQ0JQbE9VdnNNbG8tVjcwS3RqYlptRU52VWE3bldVb1pGZU1mLVVkc1dXMDE0UFlQNW5ZNmVFN20xSXhDTzhtNE9LZUdiNmlDYmV3Z0l0QkpCWlc0bjdaOHhhT2pjQXkwRDZSNzh1N1I5cTZkZmI0ZmZyRFljOFlCSDlCRlBVSGM5b1Bna0R4Wldvb09MbE9CX29CY28zQlVoUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Circle of Life\u2019 composer sues comedian over botched viral translation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;USA Today<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE5SamVJN1E4Q09pQUwxbUJvMFpKOXNUUWZMNkNGSHNxeE1qeGF0RmJIaVJ6enFGRW82aFEtVTNpZmtEOUh1MGZ6cEtjVTl4dmstaWF5WWdWWjFpRXRsdzhfVGRsam1WS09zTTlEOFV3dk94djV4T3YwTHRfdWLSAYIBQVVfeXFMTTEzWkJNcUFfMkdpMzl5dDREU3lkaXVtV0ZwSDZOSTRuOHA3Wm1WLTlqUXlVZERIMFhnNzRXYzZRTGh5ZXVadGlhTENjZVN5TFJ6eTVxWFA1Ym1UOHNpT0tTVFNQR3BzSU9iV3I2dTUwTkxVLTI3THlsNWtUbDdrRUxVUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Lion King\u2019 lyrics lawsuit: Comedian sued for $27M over viral translation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;LiveNOW from FOX<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNZ3RWU1lPRDMwUmJ2M1AzNzVYOFR4bU9uY1BHVEZ3T0JzR1kzd2dnX01lVVNlUGVNRjdNb0daaXo3N05VanJGSzBVVHpPQnNpcXZxQklrYk9IYm9FMXU3bHczQllaTHJNWkEtSThOa3UxNHNwQWRHM3lGbnVRVWh4blZjbm1jLVVjM0REZi0za3VXcWtVckVjWXcxYzdhZi1sVmJITVF2ZTd2Vkd1ZW9ERUVUcEw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018The Lion King\u2019 Singer Sues Comedian for Mistranslating \u2018Circle of Life\u2019 Chant and Seeks More Than $20 Million in Damages<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Variety<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQcWdveDlVcnYyTElBYmsxTGdKd0huQXo4S1g3TGY1bEN2eURSbU9zdXNlQVpINjhkdHRsUXVIcWFqTmNzUUtVRkxCQjhHR0h1aU1yZ1RCQ2QyY1dlcGU0RzdyMmVmZG96T3piQ0pPTGJtZ1QybkhmdTNfMHlEYUJZa1BlU01DcWtyX0xfbkJBdnhMSHQ3SFdTUUpDanpQTWQ1NklDUmJaMFAzblBvVWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lebo M sues comedian Learnmore Jonasi claiming Circle of Life misrepresentation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Lion King\u2019 singer sues comedian for $20M for mistranslating \u2018Circle of Life\u2019 chant&nbsp;&nbsp;New York Post\u2018Circle of Life\u2019 composer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-548509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}