{"id":753346,"date":"2019-11-27T17:43:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T17:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/jay-z-sues-retailer-over-use-of-name-and-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T17:43:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T17:43:33","slug":"jay-z-sues-retailer-over-use-of-name-and-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/jay-z-sues-retailer-over-use-of-name-and-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Z sues retailer over use of name and lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"460\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Jay-Z-Copyright-Jeff-Kravitz-696x460.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Jay-Z Copyright-Jeff Kravitz\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay-Z \/ Copyright:Jeff Kravitz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>American hip-hop artist Jay-Z has filed a lawsuit against a small Australian retailer over the use of his name and lyrics in its products.<\/p>\n<p>The Little Homie is an online retailer selling \u201chip-hop inspired\u201d clothing and books.<\/p>\n<p>The artist, whose real name is Shawn Carter, claims the firm has breached his intellectual property, including in a children\u2019s book titled AB to Jay-Z.<\/p>\n<p>The book draws on lyrics from his hit song 99 Problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An advertisement for AB to Jay-Z reads<\/strong>: \u201cIf you\u2019re having alphabet problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but my ABC\u2019s ain\u2019t one!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song lyrics are also referenced on the back cover of the book, which teaches letters by referring to the names of other famous rappers including Snoop Dogg and Biggie Smalls.<\/p>\n<p>The Little Homie did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Carter<strong>\u00a0filed the lawsuit with the Federal Court of Australia\u00a0<\/strong>on 22 November.<\/p>\n<p>It claims the company traded on his likeness and infringed the copyright of the lyrics to 99 Problems, according to the Australian newspaper The Age.<\/p>\n<p>The Age reported that Mr Carter\u2019s lawyers requested the retailer stop selling the products in 2018, but the situation remained unresolved.<\/p>\n<p>It said the business continued to \u201cdeliberately and knowingly\u201d use his likeness in a \u201cflagrant, glaring\u201d way.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Carter\u2019s lawyers also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay-Z \/ Copyright:Jeff Kravitz American hip-hop artist Jay-Z has filed a lawsuit against a small Australian retailer over the use of his name and lyrics in its products. 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