A judge has dismissed a a case against JAY Z and Timbaland alleging copyright infringement with regards to their 1999 hit “Big Pimpin’.”
U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder tossed out the case before it reached a jury. The suit was brought by Osama Ahmed Fahmy, the nephew of Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi, who was trying to sue over his uncle’s 1957 song “Khosara Khosara,” which is sampled in “Big Pimpin’.”
Snyder did not provide an in-depth explanation for her decision, but according to The Associated Press she told jurors that she tossed out the case after hearing testimony from Egyptian law experts.
Fresh off performing in Drake’s hometown of Toronto, D.R.A.M. took to Twitter to air our his grievances following the premiere of the “Hotline Bling“ video. He wrote “Just performed in Toronto for the 1st time tonight and it was bittersweet,” said the Virginia singer-rapper, adding, “Bitter though, cus after my performance all I’m seeing is Cha Cha/Hotline Bling comparisons on my timeline.”
He continued, “Ni**as want to know how I feel about that,” he said before calling out Drake. “Yeah, I feel I got jacked for my record…But I’m GOOD.”
While the songs may sound alike, “Hotline Bling,” produced by Nineteen85, credits a sample of Timmy Thomas’ 1972 song “Why Can’t We Live Together” and not “Cha Cha.”
Back in 2008 Bobby Brown wrote a tell-all book about his life with Whitney Houston where he claimed she only married him to quiet the gay rumors and that she introduced him to cocaine.
While that book never saw the light of day. Bobby has signed on to write another one. Dey Street Books announced yesterday that Bobby Brown was writing a ‘raw and unvarnished’ memoir and would “tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston.”
Bobby Brown’s book ‘My Prerogative’ is due out next June.
Shocking new details from the civil lawsuit filed against Nick Gordon in the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown have come to light.
From 11 Live:
Bobbi Kristina Brown died after Nick Gordon injected her with a toxic mixture and then placed her unconscious in a bathtub, new documents in a civil lawsuit allege.
The new allegations are made in response to Nick Gordon’s motion to stay discovery proceedings in the civil lawsuit filed by Brown’s conservator. Discovery is the legal procedures used to gather evidence for a lawsuit.
Matt Barnes made headlines yesterday when he reportedly confronted former friend Derrick Fisher over his estranged wife, Gloria Govan. He told ESPN that he went to his former home with Gloria to check on his sons out of concern after a facetime session where one mentioned Derek was at the house. At 10pm. Matt also said he only drove 15 minutes tt he house, not 95 miles. Check his account below:
According to Barnes he had no intentions of driving to his ex wife’s house to confront Fisher, he was actually going to check on his son. Barnes says that he got a text from his son, who was at home with his ex-wife, and immediately his concern rose. I’m like, first of all, why are you still up? It’s like 10 o’clock at night?’ ” Barnes said. “So I text back, ‘I love you and I miss you, too.’ Then I Face-Timed him. I’m just like, ‘Hey, what’s up buddy?'” Barnes went on to say that he knew something was wrong when his normally “rambunctious” 6-year old wasn’t acting as himself.
“When I saw his face, he was just sitting there, and I knew something was wrong. I was like, ‘What’s wrong, Carter?’ and he shook his head, ‘No.’ Then he lays his head down on the couch, puts a pillow in front of his face and says, ‘Mommy’s friend Derek is here.’ Noting that he could see the look in his son’s eyes.
Barnes also wants to clear up the “driving an hour and a half” rumors. I can’t believe people think I was some maniac driving 95 miles and listening to Tupac to go beat somebody up,” Barnes said. “No. I live 15 minutes away, and I was going over to check on my kids because they seemed uncomfortable. That was my main reason for going over there.” On his relationship with Fisher, Barnes says that they were once “close friends” but “some things” have happened to change that.
The New York Postis reporting that Matt Barnes and Derrick Fisher were involved in an altercation at Gloria Govan’s (Matt’s ex-wife) home in Los Angeles on Saturday night after Barnes discovered that Fisher was there. A source told the Post that Barnes drove 95 miles from Santa Barbara, Calif.—where the Grizzlies are holding training camp—to Los Angeles to “beat the shit” out of Fisher, who has reportedly been dating Govan for “a few months.” It doesn’t sound like Barnes was successful, but it does sound like he tried to go after Fisher.
“Matt came after Derek but he only had a few scratches,” the source told the Post. “Derek’s not going to press charges. He’s going to let it go.”
A representative for the Knicks refused to comment on the report, but it’s worth noting that Fisher was not at the Knicks’ practice on Monday due to “personal reasons”:
According to USA Today, New court documents reveal that Derrick Rose is denying that he was involved in a gang rape of an ex-girlfriend. The basketball star claims that the women consented to group sex with him and his manager Randall Hampton and a friend, Ryan Allen.
“The Plaintiff consented to sexual interaction with more than one co-defendant on more than one occasion, consented to sexual interactions on the day in question, and invited the defendants to her apartment and buzzed them in through security and opened the apartment door to welcome them, and then consented to additional group activities later that evening,” read a court filing on Rose’s behalf.
Over the weekend Love and Hip Hop Atlanta’s Mama Dee was arrested in Milwaukee after she was accused of trying to dine and dash on her birthday dinner.
Looks like Mama is in the clear, because Mama Dee announced on Instagram today that all charges had been dropped.
In a statement to the media Bobby Brown formally accuses Nick Gordon of harming his daughter Bobbi Kristina.
The letter from Bobby’s lawyer reads,
“In regards to the civil litigation, we believe we know who harmed Bobbi Kristina Brown and his name is Nick Gordon.”
“Mr. Gordon made headlines when he filed his Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit pending in Superior Court that seeks to hold him responsible for 40 million dollars in damages.”
“However, the Motion was frivolous and instead of having it heard by the Court, he has chosen to withdraw the Motion, ending that matter so that he could avoid having to give his deposition which was scheduled for the day he withdrew the Motion. Mr. Gordon will now have to give his deposition under oath.”
“I am not shocked at the withdrawal, as we must keep in mind that Gordon filed a lawsuit to remove Bobby Brown as Bobbi Kristina’s guardian, only to withdraw that lawsuit in DeKalb County Probate Court once he was served with a deposition notice. He could have pressed forward with that lawsuit and told us under oath what he believed happened to Bobbi Kristina, but he chose to go in another direction.”