Jay-Z Sued Over Roc-A-Fella Logo

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A New York City designer has sued Jay-Z and his former label partners at Roc-A-Fella for $7 million in unpaid royalties, reports the Associated Press. Dwayne Walker claims the rapper and the label owe him the sum for creating the label's logo. The lawsuit states Walker made the logo in 1995 in the label's early days.

Jay-Z is set to open Brooklyn's new Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, with three shows on September 28th-30th.

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Jay-Z Sued Over Roc-A-Fella Logo

Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images

A New York City designer has sued Jay-Z and his former label partners at Roc-A-Fella for $7 million in unpaid royalties, reports the Associated Press. Dwayne Walker claims the rapper and the label owe him the sum for creating the label's logo. The lawsuit states Walker made the logo in 1995 in the label's early days.

Jay-Z is set to open Brooklyn's new Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, with three shows on September 28th-30th.

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Roc-A-Fella Co-Founder Pleads Guilty of Drug Trafficking

Roc-A-Fella co-founder Kareem "Biggs" Burke is facing a minimum of five years behind bars for conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilos of marijuana. The figure was reduced to 100 kilograms as part of a plea deal in which he agreed to forfeit $660,000 in cash, his house in North Bergen, New Jersey and a 2010 BMW 750. Burke will be sentenced on May 18th.

Burke, who co-founded Roc-A-Fella with Jay-Z and Damon Dash in the Nineties but left the company in 2004, was busted with more than 50 others in a federal drug sting called Operation Green Venom. The sting targeted a massive drug trafficking operation that dominated much of the wholesale pot market in New York City.

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Roc-A-Fella Co-Founder Pleads Guilty of Drug Trafficking

Roc-A-Fella co-founder Kareem "Biggs" Burke is facing a minimum of five years behind bars for conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilos of marijuana. The figure was reduced to 100 kilograms as part of a plea deal in which he agreed to forfeit $660,000 in cash, his house in North Bergen, New Jersey and a 2010 BMW 750. Burke will be sentenced on May 18th.

Burke, who co-founded Roc-A-Fella with Jay-Z and Damon Dash in the Nineties but left the company in 2004, was busted with more than 50 others in a federal drug sting called Operation Green Venom. The sting targeted a massive drug trafficking operation that dominated much of the wholesale pot market in New York City.

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