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"The Lion King" singer Lebohang Morake, who performed the iconic opening chant in “Circle of Life,” is suing the comedian Learnmore Jonasi for mistranslating the chant's meaning. https://variety.com/2026/music/news/lion-king-singer-sues-comedian-mistranslating-circle-of-life-chant-1236700713/

The song begins with the chant: “Nants’ingonyama bagithi Baba.” The phrase translates to: “All hail the king, we all bow in the presence of the king.” Morake’s lawsuit points to an episode of the “One54” podcast where Jonasi joked the chant translate to: “Look, there’s a lion. Oh my god.”

“Such viral statements, [the lawsuit] says, are interfering with Morake’s business relationships with Disney and his income from royalties, causing more than $20 million in actual damages. The lawsuit also seeks $7 million in punitive damages,” The Guardian reports. “The complaint argues that Jonasi presented his translation ‘as authoritative fact, not comedy’ so it shouldn’t get the first amendment protections afforded to parody and satire that make fun of other artistic works.”

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