JAY-Z has filed a lawsuit against photographer Jonathan Mannion and his company Jonathan Mannion Photography, LLC, for using the rapper's name, image, and likeness without permission, according to Reuters.
According to the suit, Mannion, the photographer behind iconic rap images including JAY-Z's debut album Reasonable Doubt cover art, has been selling prints of the rapper for thousands of dollars, later demanding tens of millions of dollars when asked to no longer use the photos. "[Mannion] made an arrogant assumption that because he took those photographs, he can do with them as he pleases," the rapper alleges in the suit. "It is ironic that a photographer would treat the image of a formerly-unknown Black teenager, now wildly successful,.
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