*A judge on Wednesday dismissed a copyright infringement case against Jay Z over his 1999 hit “Big Pimpin'” before the case was sent to a jury. U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder ruled that the ...

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday awarded a victory to Jay-Z in a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that the rapper sampled without permission from an Egyptian composer's song for ...

*Jay Z’s battle over his hit song “Big Pimpin’” entered a new chapter on Monday (Sept. 21) as he appeared in court to convince the judge in the case to keep details of his reported $150 million deal ...

He’s got 99 problems, and Egyptian copyright law just happens to be one. Jay-Z has lost the first round of a legal battle over a sample used in his song “Big Pimpin’,” with a California court giving ...

Jay Z has denied blame during his 'Big Pimpin' court appearance. The hip-hop mogul and Timbaland are currently defending their use of an Egyptian flute in their 1999 hit. "I didn't think there was a ...

The hip-hop mogul has been locked in a California court battle with Osama Ahmed Fahmy since 2007, after he alleged Jay Z's hit song violated his rights to his uncle Baligh Hamdy's composition, Khosara ...

Dame Dash is making news again, and this time it’s for saying something about his former business partner and friend Jay-Z. Dame recently sat down with Omari Heflin and Terone Johnson of the “Moguls ...

Damon Dash has alleged Jay-Z was rapping about his life on the 2000 hit single "Big Pimpin'." According to Dame, everything Jay said in that song was him trying to imitate the Harlem native. Dame ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Attorneys for Jay Z said in court on Tuesday that the rapper had properly acquired the rights to an Egyptian musician's melody to use for his hit 1999 song "Big Pimpin'," as a ...

A California federal court judge ruled this week that a lawsuit filed against Jay-Z by the children of Egyptian composer Baligh Homody, who claim the rapper's use of Homody's "Khosara, Kohsara" ...