In a short video posted on The Shade Room (@theshaderoom), Hazel-E and another person play a few verses of JT and Yung Miami's 2018 breakout, "Act Up," which spent five weeks in the top spot on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart, before switching over to play a few notes of her song, which was originally titled "Girl Code," on piano. 

While there are some similarities between the record's instrumentals, it's hard to pass judgment on a seconds-long snippet of music. Miami, who has been repping City Girls as a solo unit until her rap-mate, Jatavia “J.T.” Johnson, is released from prison, reportedly in 2020, wasn't here for Hazel-E's shade-throwing, either.
The Miami-based rapper hit back in The Shade Room's comments, stating that the City Girls didn't steal anything from anybody. Periodt.

Many rushed to call foul on Hazel-E's claim as well and questioned why she's bringing this up a year later. Lil Yatchy — who claims he "wrote the whole song" except for JT's last verse —  has also went on record talking about how the smash hit came to be.

"One day I was in the studio with my best friend, Earl, and he played the beat and said, 'Write something for City Girls,' and I was like, 'OK.' And I just did it," the rapper told FADER in April. Yachty is credited as a writer on the track alongside J.T. and producer EarlThePearll, who presumably came up with the beat in question.

Hazel-E is not letting the matter go, however. First, she uploaded a screenshot of her albums and songs on her Instagram page, captioning the photo: "People be mad asf at the truth 🤷🏽‍♀️ @girlcodeinc it’s been my lifestyle. Periodt in my @citygirls voice."

Then, she hit back one final time, holding that she will fight for what's hers legally if need be.