Lawsuit

Hip-hop has always been a genre based around collaboration and labels usually turn the other way when one of their artists chooses to step outside the roster and throw down a verse somewhere else. That's not what happened for Brandon "Bizzy" Evans, though...

A New York City law firm is raining on the Purple One's parade. Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler has filed a $700,000 suit against Prince in legal fees for cases in California, New York and Ireland. Additionally, the firm alleges that while he has paid $125,000 so far, he still owes the firm a substantial sum in legal fees for helping to settle financial discrepancies with his ex-wife. T...

After a five-year legal battle, British courts have finally reached a decision in Jay-Z's case against celebrity chef Terry Miller over Miller's "Rockafella" restaurant, which Jay felt infringed on his infamous Roc-A-Fella record label. The lawsuit began in 2006, after celebrity chef Terry Miller won $250,000 on cooking reality show 'Hell's Kitchen,' and named his restaurant after his sp

Oakland rapper Zoe tha Roasta was awarded $300,000 Thursday (Feb. 17) after being wrongfully accused and incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit. The City of Oakland agreed to settle the suit between the rapper, born Lorenzo Hall, after former Oakland Police officer Ramon Alcantar, was accused of planting a gun on the parolee resulting in his incarceration for two years...

Bun B is no friend to bootleggers. Yesterday, Bun threatened legal action in response to a tweet by Complex writer Joe La Puma, linking Bun to a bootleg t-shirt bearing his likeness on hip-hop webstore MixUnit.com. "Unless there's a contract with me/estate, you're looking at a lawsuit," Bun tweeted, upon viewing the link...

The controversial video for Rihanna's 'S&M' single has been banned in approximately 11 countries and now the colorful, raunchy visuals are the target of a lawsuit from celebrity photographer David LaChapelle. In the lawsuit, which was made public on Monday (Feb. 14...

Trey Songz may have nabbed a hit with his Nicki Minaj-assisted 'Bottoms Up,' but now it's time for him to lawyer up. Washington, D.C.-based production company Doc Mob Records is joining forces with IHip Hop Music and Derrick Price for an $18 million lawsuit filed against Songz, Atlantic Records, Kodak, producer Kane Beatz and manager Gee Robertson...

St. Louis rapper Michael "Dutch" Jackson filed a lawsuit against ESPN last Thursday (Feb. 3), for the unlawful use of his song 'I Am the Greatest.' In a 31-page suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Jackson accused the sports network, AND 1, Amazon...

A judge ruled Wednesday (Feb. 2) that Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, can sue concert promoter AEG Live for their involvement in his death. Superior Court Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos dismissed AEG's request to throw out the lawsuit holding them responsible for the medical decisions made by Jackson's personal physician, Dr...

Fabolous is in trouble. The New York rapper, who made a recent trip down to Georgia, has been sued by an Atlanta busboy named Octavious Butler, who claims that the 'Body Ya' MC assaulted him with a glass bottle at ATL's Fox Sports Grill...