Cardi B reaches final settlement in artwork battle
completemusicupdate.comThe man who unsuccessfully sued Cardi B over her use of his distinctive back tattoo on the cover of a mixtape has reached a deal with the rapper over her legal costs in fighting the case.
He has also withdrawn a motion that was seeking a new trial.Kevin Brophy sued Cardi B – real name Belcalis Almánzar – in 2017.
A photo of his distinctive tattoo was Photoshopped onto the cover of her 2016 mixtape, so that it appeared on the back of a man who was positioned to look like he was performing oral sex on the rapper.He argued that the unauthorised use of the tattoo image meant people assumed it was him in the photo, and – given the explicit nature of the artwork – that had resulted in him facing frequent “uncomfortable comments, questions, and ridicule from community members and family”.
Meanwhile, in legal terms, he reckoned Almánzar and his team had infringed his publicity rights.However, last October a jury sided with Almánzar and concluded that she hadn’t, in fact, infringed any of Brophy’s rights.
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