Michael May, better known as Flourgon, has settled a US$300 million lawsuit after he and Miley Cyrus came to an agreement with regards to a copyright infringement. The Jamaican song writer had accused the pop star of stealing her 2013 smash “We Can’t Stop” from a similar song he recorded almost 25 years ago.

Flourgon sued Cyrus in March 2018, claiming that “We Can’t Stop” closely resembled his 1988 song “We Run Things,” which he called a reggae favourite as it was number one on the charts in Jamaica. He said that RCA Records, which is owned by Sony Corp, stole his material including the phrase “We run things. Things no run we,” which she sang as “We run things. Things don’t run we.”

According to Reuters : “May, Cyrus, Sony and other defendants filed a joint stipulation in Manhattan federal court on Friday ending the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again. Cyrus’ lawyers said in a Dec. 12 letter that a settlement agreement had been signed, and that the stipulation would be filed “pending payment of the settlement proceeds.”