#Nicki Minaj pays Tracy Chapman $450,000 in copyright infringement case
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“#Nicki Minaj pays Tracy Chapman $450,000 in copyright infringement case”
Minaj sampled Chapman’s song “Baby Can I Hold You” on the unofficially released song “Sorry.”
In 2018, singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman sued Nicki Minaj over her leaked song “Sorry,” which contained an unauthorized sample of Chapman’s track “Baby Can I Hold You.” The case was resolved in December, Pitchfork reports, with Minaj agreeing to pay Chapman a $450,000 offer of judgement. An attorney for Minaj said to Pitchfork in a statement: “We settled for one reason only. It would have cost us more to go to trial.”
“Sorry” was never officially released by Minaj. Before the release of her 2018 album Queen, Minaj said that issues with clearing the sample for the song would delay the album’s release (the song did not appear on Queen‘s tracklist).
Chapman launched her lawsuit soon after “Sorry” was leaked by Funkmaster Flex on his website; in her response to Chapman’s infringement lawsuit, Minaj claimed the sample was covered under the doctrine of fair use.
Minaj secured a court ruling in her favor last year when a judge ruled in September that she had not breached Chapman’s copyright with “Sorry.”
The FADER has reached out to Nicki Minaj’s representatives for more information. Chapman shared the following statement with Pitchfork through her attorney:
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