Holdin' Down The Culture
In case you missed our previous story on why the author of the children’s book, A B to Jay-Z, is a culture vulture read this article here. Jay-Z is suing the Australian book company who’s authors of the book The Little Homie are being accused of infringing on the rapper’s lyrics from the track ’99 Problems.’
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The Little Homie is fighting back claiming the lyrics do not belong to Jay-Z considering the rapper licensed the hook from Ice-T, who released the original version of ’99 Problems’ back in 1993.
The book company also denies they are infringing on Jay-Z’s trademark, pointing to a disclaimer stating the use of the artists’ names does not constitute an endorsement of their book and is requesting for the lawsuit being brought against them to be dismissed. In addition to Jay-Z’s lyrics, The Little Homie also sells books featuring lyrics from Beyonce, Nas and 50 Cent. So far, Jay-Z is the only rapper suing the book company.
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Source: www.smu.com.au
