Entertainment & Sports
Oct. 16, 2015
Artists lay beats, testimony
Jay-Z and Timbaland took the stand Wednesday as defendants in an eight yearslong copyright suit from the heir of an Egyptian composer whose work they sampled in their 1999 song "Big Pimpin'."
Daily Journal Staff Writer
AU.S. Central District courtroom seemed more like a concert than a jury trial Wednesday, as hip-hop superstars Jay-Z and Timbaland took the stand in an event complete with beatboxing and superfans asking for autographs.
Shawn Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, and Timothy Mosley, known as Timbaland, are defendants in an 8-year-long copyright suit by the heir of an Egyptian composer whose ...
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