The hip-hop mogul’s company faces $5M copyright suit by band who claims that Tidal’s self-proclaimed ‘pro-artist’ service actually doesn’t pay royalties and intentionally miscalculates royalty rates.
By Kia Kokalitcheva. Fortune.
The hip-hop mogul and his and producer Timbaland’s attorneys claim that the pair had the rights to use an Egyptian composer’s melody for the rapper’s 1999 hit song “Big Pimpin’.” By Daina Beth Solomon. Reuters.
www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/14/us-music-jayz-lawsuit-idUSKCN0S808820151014
The hip-hop megastars will make their case that they did not use an Egyptian composer’s song illegally in their 1999 hit song, in a California courtroom this October. The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/17/jay-z-and-timbaland-set-to-testify-in-big-pimpin-lawsuit
The hip-hop mogul is sued by an Egyptian composer’s heir for using a flute selection, similar to one featured in a 1957 Egyptian movie, in the 1999 hit song “Big Pimpin’.” By Khaleda Rahman. Daily Mail.
