Best-selling artist Kendrick Lamar is facing a potentially huge lawsuit
Flavorwire
Kendrick Lamar has had an incredible 2015, so far. His highly anticipated March album, "To Pimp a Butterfly," was considered by many to be leaps and bounds above anything else released in recent months.
But a lawsuit against the rapper involving one of the songs on the album could put Lamar's celebration on pause.
On July 10, photographer Giordano Cipriani filed documents in New York Federal Court claiming Lamar used as album art a photo Cipriani took earlier this year depicting a woman breastfeeding. The photo was used for Lamar's song, "The Blacker the Berry," Bossip reported.
According to the suit, Cipriani has requested Lamar stop using the photo and cough up $150,000 for each time it was used in relation to the record. He has also asked that Lamar pay legal fees.
Lamar, his record label Top Dawg Entertainment, and Interscope records have all been named as defendants in the suit.
- I spent $2,000 for 7 nights in a 179-square-foot room on one of the world's largest cruise ships. Take a look inside my cabin.
- Saudi Arabia wants China to help fund its struggling $500 billion Neom megaproject. Investors may not be too excited.
- Colon cancer rates are rising in young people. If you have two symptoms you should get a colonoscopy, a GI oncologist says.
- Mukesh Ambani’s JioCinema cuts subscription prices as India’s streaming war heats up
- Data Analytics for Decision-Making
- Experts warn of rising temperatures in Bengaluru as Phase 2 of Lok Sabha elections draws near
- Axis Bank posts net profit of ₹7,129 cr in March quarter
- 7 Best tourist places to visit in Rishikesh in 2024