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Artists Awarded Damages in Graffiti Case
Brooklyn federal jurors ruled in the favor of 21 graffiti artists after a day of deliberations in the despite between land developers and the artists responsible for painting the historic Queens art Mecca known as 5 Pointz. The American mural space at 45-46 David Street in Long Island City was founded in 1993, and was a huge staple in the hip hop and art scene. It was recently closed down and whitewashed as developers have plans to build luxury rental space in the area. The collective of artists sued real estate developer Jerry Wolkoff under the Visual Artists Rights Act — a law passed in 1990 that protects artwork of…
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New Zealand Political Party Forced to Pay Eminem $415K
In a decision that legal experts say may spell out doom for so-called ‘sound-alike music,’ a New Zealand judge has ordered the country’s main conservative political party to pay Eminem’s publisher for their use of a song that closely mimics the 8-Mile song “Lose Yourself,” during a 2014 campaign run. The National Party purchased a tune called “Eminem-esque” from the stock music library, Beatbox, for its parallels to the movie-score track. Beatbox is known for selling well-known tunes that are tweaked in an attempt to avoid lawsuits over breach of copyright laws. Publisher, Eight Mile Style, learned of TNP’s use of the tune on more than 100 occasions to help…
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Chance The Rapper Sued For Copyright Infringement
The rise of Chance The Rapper has been a rapid one. The rapper has managed to garner critical praise for his Coloring Book album along with him setting up initiatives to raise money for the Chicago Public School system. However, it looks as if his past may be giving him some trouble, as he is being sued for copyright infringement. The lawsuit stems from a jazz musician named Abdul Wali Muhammad who says the rapper used a “significant portion” of one of his songs on his track “Windows.” According to the document filed by the musician and his lawyer, “blatant and willful infringement” of Muhammad’s song “Bridge Through Time” took…
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Beyonce Sued for Using Roc-A-Fella Logo
Beyoncé was hit with another lawsuit, this time for her use of the Roc-A-Fella logo. Dwayne Walker, the creator of the logo, says Bey never asked for his permission to use it in the 2013 music video for her hit song “Drunk in Love.” Walker claims the logo is prominently displayed in the video and he wants her to take it down or pay him for its use, according to TMZ. The logo, however, only appears briefly in the video, and it’s via Jay Z. The Brooklyn rapper is seen wearing his Roc chain along with many others, and the logo is only visible for a few seconds while Beyoncé…
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Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Sued Over Fence Collapse
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa are being sued for egging on concert-goers just before a railing collapsed at one of their concerts. The two artists are being sued by 17 attendees, who claim they were injured when the fencing collapsed during “The High Road” tour in Camden, New Jersey, on Aug. 5, according to TMZ. Snoop and Wiz reportedly yelled “Everybody in the motherf——g grass, bring your a– down here,” just before the fencing broke, according to the lawsuit. The victims claim that by shouting that line, the pair ignited the stampede, which caused concert-goers to fall about 10 feet onto a slab of concrete. Nearly 40 people were hurt…
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BIRDMAN SUED FOR SAMPLING MUSIC
We all know Cash Money CEO Birdman is no stranger to lawsuits or paying them in that matter. Well today he got hit hard by some writers in the tune of a few million dollars. Lil Wayne & Cash Money sampled some tracks for their song “You” and “Certified” and well apparently Birdman doesn’t want to pay up. What is ironic is Lil Wayne claims Birdman did the same thing to him as well which has a current separate lawsuit. Birdman and Cash Money now have to pay the veteran writers a sum of $3.3 Million although Lil Wayne is still suing Birdman for $51 Million. We’re told Birdman will…
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Rick Ross Being Sued by Famous Painter
An artist by the name of Ivan Beslic is now accusing Rick Ross of stealing 2 paintings. Ross’s team says this is complete BS. Beslic says during a event that Ross had in Germany, he had a section set up for his artwork. He claims to have spotted Ross looking at two paintings. One of them was of him, the other one was of Slick Rick. Beslic says he saw someone from Ross’s camp unhook the paintings and put them on a bus. When he tried to confront the alleged thieves, he was blocked by security. While Ross’s camp is denying that this ever happened, Beslic says there’s a scene…
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50 Cent And Dr. Dre Are Being Sued
50 Cent might want to hold on to his dollars. The rapper and Dr. Dre are being sued by a music producer, TMZ is reporting. Brandon “Dirty Bird” Parrott wants Fiddy (born Curtis Jackson III) and Dre to fork over cash from their hit single, “P.I.M.P.” Parrott was told in 2003 that Dre’s label, Aftermath used his track “BAMBA” in the hit song, featuring Snoop Dogg and appearing on Fiddy’s debut album, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.” The only problem, according to a producer, is that they forgot to tell him it was Parrot’s track before the final edits so he wasn’t credited. Aftermath Records later settled with Parrott for an…
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Busta Rhymes Being Sued by Former Driver
A former Marine is suing Busta Rhymes for being verbally abused by the rapper while working as his driver. Rhymes frequently insulted David Jones, 57, for his age during the two years that he drove him, according to Page Six. It is alleged that the rapper would frequently taunt Jones when he refused to disobey traffic laws telling him, “You’re driving your age — I can see that” and also telling Jones that he drove “like an old man.” Jones’ lawyer James Montgomery called out Rhymes for constanly getting into trouble because of his temper. “It’s vintage Busta,” said Montgomery. “This man seems to have a problem with his temper.…
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