‘The Lion King’ Singer Sues Comedian for Mistranslating ‘Circle of Life’ Chant and Seeks More Than $20 Million in Damages

Lebohang Morake, the Grammy-winning South African composer who performed the iconic opening chant in “Circle of Life” at the start of Disney’s “The Lion King,” is suing the comedian Learnmore Jonasi for “allegedly damaging his reputation by intentionally misrepresenting the song’s meaning on a podcast and in his standup routine,” per a report from The […]