Cardi B is headed to trial over the use of a man's distinctive back tattoo on the cover of her first mixtape, Gangsta Bitch Music Vol.1, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Kevin Brophy Jr. says Cardi used his image in a "misleading, offensive, humiliating and provocatively sexual way” on the artwork.
While Cardi argued that the cover image is transformative fair use, U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney rejected the argument and sent the case to trial.
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