![]() ![]() However, the judge allowed the case to go to trial since “Sorry” got leaked to Funkmaster Flex. The lawsuit opened up complications of whether an artist would be allowed to use samples based on copyrighted works for projects that are a work in progress.īack in September, however, a judge sided with Minaj and agreed that “uprooting” the practice of letting artists experiment would damage the creative process. The initial lawsuit claimed that at least half the song borrowed from Chapman’s lyrics and melody and that Minaj’s team made multiple requests to license “Baby Can I Hold You,” but only after Minaj had already recorded it.Īlso Read: Nicki Minaj Is Executive Producing an HBO Max Docuseries About Nicki Minaj “Sorry” also featured rapper Nas and was intended for Nicki Minaj’s first album “Queen,” but didn’t make the cut. “Sorry” was an unreleased Minaj track that heavily sampled “Baby Can I Hold You” and was leaked and played on a radio show by New York DJ Funkmaster Flex. The reclusive “Fast Car” singer-songwriter sued Minaj back in 2018 saying that the rapper’s song “Sorry” infringed on a copyright for her own composition, “Baby Can I Hold You,” first released in 1988. ![]() Nicki Minaj has agreed to pay $450,000 to Tracy Chapman to settle a copyright lawsuit, according to documents made public Thursday and obtained by TheWrap. ![]()
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