BBC News By Mark Savage image captionMinaj was initially unaware of her song's debt to Chapman's composition Rapper Nicki Minaj will pay singer Tracy Chapman $450,000 (£332,000) to settle a copyright dispute after sampling one of her songs. Chapman sued Minaj in 2018, saying she had used portions of Baby, Can I Hold You Tonight in her song Sorry. Although the song was never released, a leaked version made its way to radio DJ Funkmaster Flex and went viral online. Chapman accused Minaj of sharing the song with Flex, although both have denied that version of events. 'Creativity at risk' Minaj wrote Sorry with fellow rapper Nas while recording her fourth album Queen in 2018.