Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z
is facing a $7 million lawsuit over allegations of unpaid royalties relating to
his record label's iconic logo.
Clothing designer, Dwayne Walker
claims he is owed money for creating the Roc-A-Fella Records symbol and he
filed papers in Manhattan Federal Court in New York on Thursday, citing
copyright infringement.
Former
Roc-A-Fella Records head Damon “Dame” Dash and Kareem ‘Biggs’ Burke were
included in the lawsuit where Walker claims he was to receive payments for
designing the logo until 2015.
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In the suit,
he explained that he was paid $3,500 in 1995 for creating the logo design. He
was then allegedly given 2% royalties for anything that carried the logo
through the year 2015.
"The logo has
become universally recognized as an iconic symbol of Jay-Z, one of the most
successful recording artists in the history of popular music," he said in his
claim.
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