It may appear that the surviving members of the Beastie Boys are to spend their remaining days entangled in some sort of copyright lawsuit. Given their recent streak of being on the favorable end of the sound of a judge’s gavel, that may not be a bad thing.
The late, great Notorious B.I.G.’s groundbreaking debut Ready to Die is nearing its 20th anniversary but one particular artist is still seeking to purge his estate for royalties on the only record with a guest appearance.
It appears the NCAA feels that their student-athletes deserve to receive endorsements for their likeness being used in video games.
Go ahead and pencil Timbaland’s name in with the increasing number of rappers who have went to war with promoters for their shows.
The Beastie Boys have repeatedly proven themselves to be masters of litigation and Monster Energy Drink is learning the hard way after a judge has ruled them to be nearly $2 million poorer.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is being sought after in Iranian court after a judge has determined that Instagram and Whatsapp (both of which fall underneath Facebook’s mighty umbrella ownership) is violating user’s privacy rights.
George Zimmerman’s murder of Trayvon Martin has caused great distress to the people closet to him and his parents are legally stating they felt the burdened aftermath of his deeds.
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine haven’t even been able to spend the first dime from their multi-billion dollar Beats deal with Apple and they are already facing legal drama.
Earlier this years, Nicki Minaj got sued by her former wig guy (which sounds a half step up from a weed carrier). The YMCMB Barbie has responded and basically wants the lawsuit dismissed.
Last fall, Jeezy went to war with the notorious biker gang, Hells Angels–in a court of law–after they deemed him to be a thief of their trademark logo for use of his 8732 apparel.
Every day in America, it seems another person is getting rich off of suing the pants off of someone else…and rappers aren’t exempt from being sued by crazy fans and even crazier so-called “homies” and “A1’s” and “supporters.”
Donald Sterling refuses to go away without a fight following his lifetime ban from the NBA imposed by the new commissioner. A lawyer whose gotten him out of big money trouble before is saying that not only will the outed racist not pay his $2.5 million fine, he doesn’t deserve to be punished at all.
