Hip hop superstar claims company infringed on his intellectual property via children's books. FMTNews
SYDNEY: Hip hop superstar Jay-Z is suing a small online Australian retailer for profiting from the use of his name and hit song “99 Problems” in books that teach children the alphabet.
The Age newspaper reported Tuesday that, according to the American rapper’s lawyers, the company traded on his likeness and infringed on the copyright of the lyrics to “99 Problems”. The back pages of the books riff off the lyrics to “99 Problems” – “If you’re having alphabet problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but my ABC’s ain’t one!” – a photo posted on The Little Homie’s website showed.
The use of the rapper’s name, image and lyrics was “calculated to injure, has injured and is continuing to injure the reputation and goodwill of Mr Carter”, it continued.Chiha raised A$8,000 on Kickstarter in 2017 for the book – which teaches the alphabet using an A-Z of hip hop artistes – that she described as being designed for “the next generation of hood rats”.
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