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Nicki Minaj (Image: Twitter) Tracey Chapman can purchase several fast cars with the judgment of a lawsuit she filed against rapper Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty better known as Nicki Minaj. According to Variety, a lawsuit that was filed by Chapman against Minaj, who recently gave birth to her first child, and originally scheduled to go to trial later this year, has a judgment in place by both parties. Chapman has accepted a $450,000 ‘Rule 68 Offer of Judgment’ from the Queens-born rapper who samp...

The lawsuit accused Nicki Minaj (left) of copyright infringement for sampling Tracy Chapman’s Baby Can I Hold You song in her 2018 tune Sorry. Photos: AP and Handout Singers Nicki Minaj and Tracy Chapman have settled a bitter lawsuit over Minaj’s sampling of the 1988 hit song Baby Can I Hold You. Chapman decided to accept the rapper’s US$450,000 (RM1.8mil) offer to resolve the civil case, ending a two-year dispute and avoiding an even costlier trial, according to federal court records ob...

Prior to the legal case, Nicki repeatedly reached out to obtain rights from the soul singer to sample one of her biggest hit singles - but without suc

Chapman had sued Minaj in 2018 for allegedly using portions of ‘Baby Can I Hold You’

Nicki Minaj officially owes Tracy Chapman hundreds of dollars after copyright infringement claim

Nicki Minaj to pay Tracy Chapman $450K in copyright dispute The rapper will have to shell out thousands to the Fast Car singer for illegally sampling her music Nicki Minaj rarely says ‘sorry’ but she must be feeling like it now. Folkster Tracy Chapman alleged that Minaj used her composition “Baby Can I Hold You” to create her song “Sorry” even though it was never officially released. Onika Tanya Miraj, will have to pay Chapman $450K for sampling the song, one of the tracks she r...

Nicki Minaj settles lawsuit with Tracy Chapman and coughs up the dough (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com/ JStone Nicki Minaj has settled her lawsuit with singer Tracy Chapman over copyright infringement claims. Chapman sued the rapper in 2018 claiming that Nicki Minaj’s song “Sorry,” used both lyrics and vocal melody from Chapman’s 1988 hit single “Baby Can I Hold You.” According to The Associated Press, Minaj’s team sent a formal request in July 2018 to use Chapman’s so...

Nicki Minaj required to pay Tracy Chapman after losing legal battle in copyright infringement claim

Nicki Minaj pays Tracy Chapman $450k over copyright lawsuit Wonderwall 8/01/2021 Mark Gray Nicki Minajs wallet is a whole lot lighter after settling a copyright infringement lawsuit brought on by Tracy Chapman. © Stephen Lovekin/REX/Shutterstock Nicki Minaj 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 1998s "Baby Can I Hold You." The formal agreement was ente...

Nicki Minaj Pays Tracy Chapman $450,000 in Copyright Dispute The singer and songwriter sued after an unreleased Minaj song, which borrowed heavily from Chapman’s “Baby Can I Hold You,” was played on a radio show. Tracy Chapman, right, sued Nicki Minaj in late 2018 over a song called “Sorry,” which borrowed heavily from Chapman’s “Baby Can I Hold You.”Credit...Associated Press Jan. 8, 2021 For months, the entertainment industry’s legal calendar had an intriguing item on the hor...