Former heavyweight boxer Mitchell Rose has filed an $88 million dollar copyright lawsuit against Jay-Z in Brooklyn Federal Court, AlHipHop.com has learned.
According to Rose, he gave Jay-Z his demo tape on March 12, 2001, following a bout between William Joppy and Felix Trinidad.
He was shocked to discover that Jay-Z allegedly stole his style of rhyming, delivery and even certain lyrics.
“He took the style and the delivery,” Rose told AllHipHop.com. “He’s using it on the regular, now Lil’ Kim is using it. All I want is justice. Jay-Z knows what I am talking about."
Rose, 39, is also a personal injury lawyer who wrote a book called Mike Tyson Tried To Kill My Daddy.
The former heavyweight boxer who is known for knocking out Eric “Butterbean” Esch, claims he met Jay-Z right after the Joppy-Trinidad fight and gave a demo to the rap superstar, who promised to listen to it.
“He took the demo with him and shortly after that he began using the whispering in his songs," Rose said.
Rose, who is also from Brooklyn, has served papers to two of Jay-Z’s 40/40 night clubs, but has yet to tag the rapper himself, according to sources.
"I had previously trained some of my artists to use that style, but it quickly became obsolete after Jay-Z got a hold of it," Rose claimed. "He [Jay-Z] used the whispering to enhance his music and financially benefit from it. Jay-Z disregarded the fact that it was my demo where he got the style from as he went on to use it for his own personal gains, which is wrong.”
taken from AllHipHop.com
If this guy gets any money from this case Jay should sue about 80% of new artist that listen to his flow and stole it. This is a waste of time
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My Vote for MVP is Jesus Shuttlesworth
If the Celtics win tonight and Ray Allen has a good night he should get the MVP because he has been the most consistent one of the big three. But most likely it will go to Paul or Kevin before it goes to him.
Happy Fathers Day
Shouts to my Pops for being a role model in my life. He went against the grain a country boy that married a black women when things like that weren't popular. I'm a product of that and my life is easier because of his sacrifices. Its not until you get older that you realize how much of an impact your pops makes on your life. Life is too short so word to the wise don't take anything for granted.
The Next Jordan.....I Want To Be The Next Tiger Woods
As a kid being Micheal Jordan was every ones dream but, times have changed I wish I would have learned to play golf and take home 115 Million like Tiger, and the thing about golf is they get better with age. If homies knee holds up he will be the best ever the question is in the next 10 years who will be the next Tiger Woods.
When Did Kobe Become Hood?
I guess you win a MVP and your swagger levels rise and your post game conference start sounding like you left an AND 1 game. Kobes acting like you win the MVP and the NBA title is supposed to come with a package deal.
Ranking The Greatest Finals performances: No. 1
It's hard to overstate how awesome Wade was in leading the Heat to their lone championship, particularly in the final four games when Miami rallied from a 2-0 deficit to stun the Mavs.
Wade started the comeback by leading the Heat back from a 13-point fourth quarter deficit in Game 3, scoring 12 points in the final 6½ minutes to send the game to OT. He also made the biggest play of the series with his crazy dribbling foray to the rim at the end of overtime in Game 5 that -- controversially -- earned a whistle from referee Bennett Salvatore and a trip to the line for the winning free throws.
For the series, Wade averaged 34.7 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.7 steals -- and this in a slow-paced series (neither team cleared the century mark in regulation in any of the six games). His basket attacks were so deadly because the Mavs couldn't stop fouling him. Wade shot a whopping 97 free throws in the six games -- the most of any player since the merger -- including 25 in Game 5.
Overall, Wade's 33.8 PER is easily the best of any Finals performer since the merger. While it seems strange to have somebody besides Michael Jordan in the top spot, the truth is Jordan never dominated a Finals to this extent. At the time, many called Wade's performance Jordanesque. It turns out they might have been selling him short.
source espn
Lets just hope he can get a few more rings before he goes to Chicago.
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