A phrase made famous by a Disney classic is under fire. In a Change.org petition, Shelton Mpala is asking Disney to remove its trademark of the phrase "Hakuna Matata ...

A years-old Disney trademark on the use of the phrase "Hakuna Matata" on T-shirts has stirred up a new debate among Swahili speakers about cultural appropriation. The words mean "no worries" in ...

“Hakuna Matata,” a song about having no worries, is now bringing Disney worries. An online petition urging Disney to drop its trademark on the Swahili phrase attracted more than 140,000 signatures as ...

Kenyan band, Them Mushrooms, are threatening Disney with legal action after accusing the company of stealing the phrase “Hakuna Matata.” “Disney’s first registration, as we’ve come to learn, was in ...

A petition calling on The Walt Disney Company to abandon its trademark of the Swahili phrase “Hakuna Matata” has amassed over 100,000 signatures. Shelton Mpala, a ...

When most people hear this phrase, the first thing that comes to mind, no doubt, is The Lion King and images of Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa freeing themselves of worries and heartache. This is how I had ...

Are you spending your Juneteenth holiday looking for a late Father’s Day gift for your own Mufasa? The Broadway version of Disney’s “The Lion King” roars into the Kennedy Center from June 22 to July ...

Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner and Donald Glover sang "Hakuna Matata" during the Disney Family Singalong: Volume II on Sunday The cast of The Lion King have no worries! Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Donald ...

Disney's The Lion King is a timeless classic that enchanted the world by taking them to the African savannah in 1994. The movie follows the life of Simba, a lion cub who is destined to become the next ...

Disney applied for the Hakuna Matata trademark in 1994, the same year as its classic film and the iconic song The Lion King released in theaters. The main purpose of the trademark was to protect ...