Appeal court judges say Jay-Z is owed royalties for former perfume partner

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It turns out that Jay-Z may as yet get millions of dollars in allegedly unpaid royalties from the perfume company he collaborated with back in 2013.That collaboration resulted in a lacklustre perfume product but some eventful and at times entertaining litigation.

Fragrance firm Parlux sued Jay-Z in 2016 alleging that the rapper failed to fulfil his commitments to promote the Gold Jay-Z perfume brand, ultimately resulting in millions of dollars in losses.There were plenty of twists and turns in the resulting legal battle as the Jay-Z side tried to prevent Parlux’s lawyers from getting access to the rapper’s work diary, while also objecting to the recording of a deposition.

Meanwhile, Parlux hit out when it turned out that Jay-Z’s team had deleted a stack of emails that might have been relevant to the case.

And along the way the rapper countersued for the allegedly unpaid royalties.The whole thing reached trial last year with Jay-Z taking to the witness stand and sparring in an entertaining fashion with Parlux’s lawyer.