{"id":9303,"date":"2015-02-20T11:36:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T16:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohsodj.com\/?p=9303"},"modified":"2015-02-20T11:36:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T16:36:06","slug":"jay-zs-big-pimpin-the-source-of-a-new-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/?p=9303","title":{"rendered":"Jay Z&#8217;s &#8220;Big Pimpin'&#8221; The Source of a New Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/hov-cigar.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/hov-cigar.jpg?resize=250%2C231\" alt=\"hov.cigar\" width=\"250\" height=\"231\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2499\" \/><\/a>People are still suing Hov&#8217; &#8220;Big Pimpin.'&#8221; On Wednesday, the nephew of a deceased Egyptian composer filed a new copyright infringement lawsuit against Live Nation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jay Z himself, as well as MTV, Paramount Pictures, Warner Music and others, are still involved in an eight-year-old case examining allegations that the song&#8217;s hook illicitly derives from &#8220;Khosara, Khosara&#8221; from the 1960 Egyption film Fata Ahlami. As that case proceeds, a new lawsuit was launched Wednesday that aims to hold Live Nation responsible for its part.<\/p>\n<p>According to the complaint, &#8220;Big Pimpin'&#8221; has been mentioned regularly in Jay Z concert previews and a &#8220;substantial percentage of people who purchased tickets to Jay Z&#8217;s shows hoped he would perform Big Pimpin&#8217;, expected he would perform Big Pimpin&#8217;, and would have been disappointed if he had not performed Big Pimpin&#8217;. 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