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Boxer files $88M suit against Jay-Z for whispering
Liz Barrett - Celebrity Examiner
Former pro boxer Mitchell Rose has filed an $88 million copyright infringement lawsuit against Jay-Z for rapping in a whisper. No, we're not kidding. In court documents, Rose claims that he handed Jay-Z his demo CD after William Joppy-Felix Trinidad fight on March 12, 2001. The CD included tracks on which Rose used a whispering tone, he says.
Rose claims that shortly after he handed over the tape, Jay-Z stole the style from him and started to use it in his own songs. East Side Boxing reports:
“I saw Jay-Z as we were leaving the arena after the fight, gave him my tape, and asked him to listen to it”, explained Rose, who also wrote a book called Mike Tyson tried To Kill My Daddy. “He took the demo with him and shortly after that he began using the whispering (which he now frequents) in his songs. I had previously trained some of my artists to use that style, but it quickly became obsolete after Jay-Z got a hold of it. He used the whispering to enhance his music and financially benefit from it. Jay-Z disregarded the fact that it was my demo where he got the style from as he went on to use it for his own personal gains, which is wrong.”Imagine how much money this guy could make if he could get people to pay him for wearing hoodies.
[Photo of Beyonce (left) & Jay-Z: Getty Images]
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