There is an eight year lawsuit over the song “Big Pimpin” with claims that the hook was taken from an old Egyptian tune. The nephew of the deceased composer has now filed a new copyright lawsuit against Live Nation.
The eight year lawsuit is against a number of parties suchas, Jay Z, MTV, Paramount Pictures, Warner Music and some other. The eight year old case is over the hook that is said to be derived from “Khosara, Khosara”, a 1960 Egyptian film Fata Ahlami.
The complaint mentions how the popular song “Big Pimpin” has been played at countless performances, it also said , “substantial percentage of people who purchased tickets to Jay Z’s shows hoped he would perform Big Pimpin’, expected he would perform Big Pimpin’, and would have been disappointed if he had not performed Big Pimpin’. On Information and belief, LiveNation has profited substantially from Jay Z’s performance of Big Pimpin’, including, but not limited to, profits from tickets sales, merchandise, parking, concessions, and other revenue streams.”
