Tracy Chapman's lawyer game is clearly proper. The beloved folk singer is getting a cool $450,000 from Nicki Minaj because of her copyright lawsuit against the Queens rapper.

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Singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman hit Nicki Minaj with a lawsuit last October claiming she infringed copyright laws by using her music without permission. Chapman’s suit alleged that Minaj did not receive her blessing to sample her song “Baby Can I Hold You” on her track “Sorry”. The suit alleged that the rapper’s song “incorporates the lyrics and vocal melody” of […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Nicki Minaj is being sued for sampling a Tracy Chapman song without permission. Chapman filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Monday in a Los Angeles federal court. The Grammy-winning singer says Minaj’s unreleased track “Sorry” incorporates the lyrics and vocal melody from her 1988 single “Baby Can I Hold You.” The […]