Nicki Minaj pays Tracy Chapman $450,000 in copyright infringement case

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Nicki Minaj has settled her ongoing copyright legal battle with Tracy Chapman for a neat $450,000. Which is a rather expensive “sorry”.

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NICKI Minaj will pay $450,000 to Tracy Chapman to avoid a court trial in a song copyright battle. The court war been set for trial after Tracy, 56, sued Nicki, 38, for using a sample of her 1988 song Baby Can I Hold You.

Nicki Minaj has agreed to pay $450,000 to Tracy Chapman over a copyright infringement dispute. The rapper had been set for trial after the singer sued her for using a sample of 1988 song Baby Can I Hold You in her track Sorry, a collaboration with Nas which was never officially released but was played on New York radio station Hot 97.

Nicki Minaj and Tracy Chapman have settled their two-year legal dispute out of court, with Chapman accepting a £330,000 (US$450,000) payment from Minaj.Chapman filed a copyright infringement suit against the rapper in October 2018, alleging that Minaj’s song, ‘Sorry’, sampled her 1988 track, ’Baby Can I Hold You’ without permission.Court documents made public this week revealed that last month, the pair reached an out-of-court settlement.Chapman denied Minaj’s multiple requests to sample her song, however, Minaj persisted in including it in ‘Sorry’.

Nicki Minaj recently lost a legal battle! The rapper who was being sued by Tracy Chapman for illicitly using Tracy’s copyright infringement claim for “Sorry,” which contained Tracy‘s 1988 song “Baby Can I Hold You.”Nicki will reportedly be paying USD 450,000 to Tracy according to THR. The magazine reports that the documents have been accepted by both parties and so the case will not be moving forward to court this year.

Tracy Chapman has won her lawsuit against Nicki Minaj, who must pay her $450,000 (£332,000), it's claimed.

Nicki Minaj has agreed to pay up to settle copyright infringement claims by Tracy Chapman.According to federal court documents obtained by ET, Minaj will pay Chapman $450,000 to satisfy her claims over the rapper's unreleased song, «Sorry,» which sampled Chapman's song, «Baby Can I Hold You.» The case will not go to trial. Chapman filed her case in October 2018, after the release of Minaj's fourth studio album,.

Chris Willman Music WriterA copyright infringement trial over an unauthorized sample of a Tracy Chapman song in a Nicki Minaj track as been averted, as Minaj agreed to pay Chapman $450,000 to close the case in documents filed Thursday in United States District Court.The dispute arose as a result of Minaj interpolating Chapman’s 1988 “Baby Can I Hold You” into her own song “Sorry” in 2018. After Chapman denied a request to approve the sample — as she reportedly does with all such requests — Minaj left the song off her album.

Tracy Chapman’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Nicki Minaj is closed, and she’s now $450,000 richer, according to documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. In the legal filings, which became public on Jan. 7, Nicki, 38, reportedly offered that amount to settle the dispute over the leaked song, “Sorry.” The song contained an unauthorized sample of Tracy’s “Baby Can I Hold You,” and apparently, Tracy, 56, accepted the terms. By accepting the deal, Tracy and Nicki will avoid going to trial over the song later this year (and Tracy avoids having to pay the trial costs if Nicki were to win the clash.)

Nicki Minaj's wallet is a whole lot lighter after settling a copyright infringement lawsuit brought on by Tracy Chapman.According to Page Six, the rapper agreed to pay Tracy $450,000, as well as her legal fees, after the nostalgic singer sued Nicki over a leaked track that sampled 1998's "Baby Can I Hold You."The formal agreement was entered into federal court on Jan. 7, records show.

Tracy Chapman has accepted Nicki Minaj's offer of $450,000 in her copyright infringement case against the rapper.Chapman, 56, had accused of Minaj of using her song Baby Can I Hold You, without permission, in a lawsuit she filed in 2018.Court documents became public in the case on Thursday showing that Chapman had accepted Minaj's offer and the duo will therefore avoid trial, The Hollywood Reporter writes.

Nicki Minaj is settling a dispute.

Tracy Chapman has won $450,000 in her copyright suit against Nicki Minaj.

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