The Color PurpleBroadway star wants royalties for new movie's song lyrics

'The Color Purple' Broadway actress LaChanze says she wants money for lyrics she claimed to have added to the song 'I'm Here,' which Fantasia Barrino sings in the new movie musical.

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 54 words · Mrs. Brianna Johnson

I am thrilled for the movies success!

Happy for all involved," the 62-year-oldtweetedTuesday.

“However, I do want my royalty fee for the lyrics I added to ‘IM HERE.'”

LaChanze calls out Color Purple movie for not paying her royalties for song

LaChanze; Fantasia Barrino in ‘The Color Purple’.Arturo Holmes/Getty; Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

EW has reached out to LaChanze as well as Warner Bros. for comment.