Category: Tracy Chapman
Nicki Minaj Has Agreed To Pay Tracy Chapman For Sampling Her Music
Tracy Chapman lives a general very quiet existence, but in 2018, she got several headlines and months’ worth of front-page attention when she decided to sue Nicki Minaj for sampling her song, “Baby Can I Hold You” without permission. Well, that messiness is now behind both of them (watch out back there). Nicki has finally agreed to pay Tracy some money for the use of the sample.
A Judge Has Ruled That Nicki Minaj Didn’t Do Anything Wrong By Sampling Tracy Chapman’s Music
Nicki Minaj has faced many confrontations in her life, from Cardi B’s footwear to the laws of physics to those pesky laws that keep her husband from liking her Instagram posts, but for two years she’s been deep in a battle against singer, songwriter, and vehicular speed specialist Tracy Chapman. Nicki tried to sample music and lyrics from Tracy’s 1988 song, “Baby Can I Hold You,” for a song called “Sorry.” Tracy refused to sign off on the sample, and accused Nicki of stealing, which created a legal mess for both of them. But, a judge recently decided that Nicki wasn’t breaking any kind of copyright infringement laws when she sampled Tracy’s song.
Nicki Minaj Is Getting Sued For Sampling Tracy Chapman’s Song Without Permission
Remember when Nicki Minaj was thinking of changing the release date of her album because she didn’t have permission to use a sample on one of her songs. Nicki didn’t end up pushing her release date, because she didn’t include the song on her album since she didn’t get permission to use the sample. That didn’t stop it from ending up on the internet somehow and now the artist whose song was sampled, Tracy Chapman, is coming to collect in the form of lawsuit money, honey. Continue reading