A US judge dismisses a copyright case against Jay Z over Big Pimpin’ track
A judge in the US has dismissed a copyright case against Jay Z and Timbaland over his track Big Pimpin'. The rapper was accused of not getting permission to use a flute sample from a track written by an Egyptian composer called Baligh Hamdi in 1957. His nephew and heir, Osama Ahmed Fahmy, claimed they didn't ask to combine his uncle's song with the "vulgar" lyrics of Big Pimpin', released […]