Jay-Z and Timbaland sued over Big Pimpin' (Wednesday September 05, 2007 09:40 AM)
Rap moguls Jay-Z and Timbaland are being sued by an Egyptian music firm, who claim the stars illegally copied a melody from a 1957 song.
Osama Admed Fahmy, who owns the copyright to the song Khosara, Khosara, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Federal Court, accusing Jay-Z of using the track's melody in his 2000 single Big Pimpin', which appeared on his 1999 album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter.
This latest lawsuit follows an August decision by a California judge to dismiss another lawsuit by Ahab Joseph Nafal, who claimed Big Pimpin' infringed the copyright of Khosara, Khorasa.
Lawyers for EMI Records argued the 50-year-old track was governed by the 1909 Copyright Act, AllHipHop.com reports.
Posted by Tigerlily (Member # 3567) on :
"....In June of 2000, the largest daily newspaper in Egypt published a story titled “Pimpin’ a Classic,” probing the use of “Khosara Khosara” by Jay-Z. In the Al-Ahram story, the newspaper identifies “Khosara Khosara” as an “extremely famous” tune in its native land...."
This reminds me of that incident the year before when Enya almost sued the singer Mario Winans and rapper P. Diddy/Puffy (Sean Combs) because their music featured Enya from her Celtic song, Boudicea. The funny thing was that her song was also featured by popular rap group the Fugees over a decade ago! LOL
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