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Mitchell Rose, a former boxer, is suing rapper Jay-Z for close to $90 million. Why? Because Rose claims Jay-Z stole his style of rapping. It all started back in 2001, when Rose slipped Jay a demo with all of his rhymes after a boxing match. And now the former heavyweight boxer is alleging that Jay-Z is using his style of delivery and a form of “whispering” over his tracks.
“He took the style and delivery. He is on the regular, now Lil’ Kim is using it. All I want is justice. Jay-Z knows what I’m talking about,” says Rose. “He took the demo with him and shortly after that he began using the whispering, which he now frequents, in his songs.
“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.”
I’m no legal expert or anything, but since when can you sue someone over a “style?” I could see if he stole a beat, or some lyrics, or something to that nature. But a style? You can’t even copywrite a damn style! GTFOH! I doubt Jay-Z even listened to that demo lol…
GYP
June 18, 2008 at 2:07 AM
YEAH RIGHT HE JUST WANTS HIS $$$!!! LOL!!!
Dee
June 18, 2008 at 2:19 AM
Right! Dustin. If the judge doesn’t throw this out, something is really wrong with the legal system. What kind of stupid ish is that. And if I was Jay, I’d sue this idiot for lawyer and court fees, time spent on his stupidity, and for trying to mess up Jay’s name by claiming that he stole from this fool. I bet that will put something on his mind and others who try to bring stupid stuff like this to court, cause he’ll be even more broke when he’s done paying this.
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June 18, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Wow. Is this guy for real?
aleli
June 18, 2008 at 10:23 PM
i can’t believe this guy. why is he trying to play jay-z like that?
tanyetta
June 19, 2008 at 1:41 AM
he is REACHING and he needs to stop. 90 mil for a style?
DATFLYBROOKLYNCHiiCK
November 21, 2008 at 1:46 PM
WOW DATSZ KRAZii HE KNO DAMN WELL JAY-Z AiiNT STiiL NO DAMN RAPPiiN STYLE…KUD U EVEN DO THAT ANYWAY??LOL BUT YEA JAY Z iIS THE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TiiMES DATS Y MiTCHELL ROSE iIS HATiiN…….REPPiiN MARCY ALL DAii YA DiiGGZ?!!!