Comedian Learnmore Jonasi is facing a massive $27 million lawsuit over a viral joke about The Lion King’s iconic opening song, and he was even served the legal papers while performing on stage. The suit comes from Lebohang Morake, the composer of the chant, who alleges Jonasi damaged his reputation and misrepresented his work.
According to LADBible, it started during an episode of the One54 podcast. Jonasi, who goes by his real name Learnmore Mwanyenyeka, commented that the hosts weren’t singing the lyrics to Circle of Life correctly. He explained that the phrase “Nants’ingonyama bagithi Baba” is Zulu, and then, as a joke, claimed it meant: “Look, there’s a lion. Oh my god!”
