Wednesday, 21 December 2016

#Beyonce in royalties lawsuit

Beyonce is being sued by artist Dwayne Walker for using the Roc-A-Fella Records logo he designed in her Drunk in Love video without permission.

Walker maintains he was hired to create the logo back in 1995 and he previously brought a lawsuit against Beyoncé's husband, rapper Jay Z, his former business partner Damon Dash and executives at Universal Music Group back in 2012, requesting $7 million in unpaid royalties.

That claim was dismissed this September after Walker couldn't prove his case, and now his attention has turned to Beyoncé.

In legal papers, Walker's new legal case states that the R&B superstar never asked him for permission to prominently display the logo in the 2013 promotional video.

Walker is requesting the courts stop the video from being aired and he wants a share of profits made from the promo in the years since it was released.
In the video, there is a quick shot in which Jay Z is seen wearing a diamond-studded pendant which features the logo. However, he is not named in the lawsuit.

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