Berry Gordy’s son, Redfoo, and his nephew/group member, SkyBlu, were probably letting out a sigh of relief win they won their legal battle with rapper, Rick Ross a few years ago. On the other side, Rick Ross lost out on his big opportunity to come out on top, much like Marvin Gaye’s kids did against Pharrell and Robin Thicke. Ross could have been millions of dollars richer than he is right now, had he played his cards right and had his paperwork in order, but things just didn’t work out that way for him.

Ross sued the famous group, LMFAO, which includes Berry Gordy’s son and grandson, SkyBlu, because he said they bit his 2006 hit, “Everyday I’m Hustlin'” with their 2011 hit, “Party Rock Anthem.” The problem that Ross pointed out is that the hooks for both songs are similar- Ross’ hook included the phrase “Everyday I’m hustlin’ and LMFAO’s hook included the phrase, “Everyday I’m shufflin.'”

This possibly could have been an easy win for Ross, but Ross slipped up with his copyright protection. The judge threw Ross’ case out after looking over his paperwork and determining that Ross actually had no copyright protection at all and here’s why: Ross had three different copyright applications and every last one of them were ‘inconsistent and incomplete!’ What the…?!! How in the world did Rick Ross and/or his team manage to get a simple copyright application wrong not on one, but THREE occasions?!!

Ah well, so much for that one Rick Ross, I’m sure the ’80s drug kingpin, “Freeway” Rick Ross, who sued you and loss after you borrowed his name is jumping for joy right about now.

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Berry Gordy’s son, Redfoo, and his nephew/group member, SkyBlu, were probably letting out a sigh of relief win they won their legal battle with rapper, Rick Ross a few years ago. On the other side, Rick Ross lost out on his big opportunity to come out on top, much like Marvin Gaye’s kids did against Pharelle and Robin Thicke. Ross could have been millions of dollars richer than he is right now, had he played his cards right and had his paperwork in order, but things just didn’t work out that way for him.

Ross sued the famous group, LMFAO, which includes Berry Gordy’s son and grandson, SkyBlu, because he said they bit his 2006 hit, “Everyday I’m Hustlin'” with their 2011 hit, “Party Rock Anthem.” The problem that Ross pointed out is that the hooks for both songs are similar- Ross’ hook included the phrase “Everyday I’m hustlin’ and LMFAO’s hook included the phrase, “Everyday I’m shufflin.'”

This possibly could have been an easy win for Ross, but Ross slipped up with his copyright protection. The judge threw Ross’ case out after looking over his paperwork and determining that Ross actually had no copyright protection at all and here’s why: Ross had three different copyright applications and every last one of them were ‘inconsistent and incomplete!’ What the…?!! How in the world did Rick Ross and/or his team manage to get a simple copyright application wrong not on one, but THREE occasions?!!

Ah well, so much for that one Rick Ross, I’m sure the 80’s drug kingpin, “Freeway” Rick Ross, who sued you and loss after you borrowed his name is jumping for joy right about now.

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A couple days ago, it was revealed that Birdman could lose his home over a $12 million unpaid loan. So, of course, fans have a lot to say about the extravagant rapper’s financial woes. However, fans aren’t the only people dragging him. Apparently, Rick Ross has quite a bit to say about Birdman’s downfall.

Dragged To Hell:

According to SOHH, Rick Ross is still bashing Birdman for failing to pay Lil’ Wayne the money he’s owed for royalties. The Florida rapper also insists the latest reports involving the $12 million owed to a company called EMG Transfer Agent proves Birdman has been on a downward spiral for more than five years. From the looks of it, it appears Birdman has been floating money for a while. But Rick Ross even went a step further. He even accused Birdman of being with Toni Braxton for money.

“You mean you move to Miami, took out a loan on a mansion, then took out another loan on a mansion and you still ain’t paid your little n*gga. You ain’t had no money in six, seven years, n*gga. You should have came and borrowed something from Rozay. Now you wanna f*ck that old lady life up too. You probably borrowing some money from her. I might go buy that f*cking house on the water just to keep my boat there. I ain’t even going to stay there, that sh*t’s too small.”

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Married Or Nah?:

The latest news about Birdman follows a string of reports about him secretly marrying Toni Braxton. For more than a year now, the two have reportedly been dating but Toni’s rep has confirmed they are not married; at least not yet. When Toni appeared at the Soul Train Awards with Birdman, the ring on her finger turned quite a few heads and fueled rumors about the possibility of her being married to the Cash Money Records CEO.

Check out of the ring:

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By now, fans know Toni has also had her share of financial woes. So, it doesn’t seem like she’d be the best person to bail him out. Right now, Birdman appears to be on a downward spiral and things are falling apart fast. If he doesn’t come up with the money to cover the principal, interest, and penalties associated with that loan, he could lose his home.

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In the midst of the public outrage following rapper, Meek Mill’s, ridiculously harsh prison sentencing, hundreds of fans and high profiled celebrities showed up to protest outside Philadelphia’s Criminal Justice Center on Monday. Among them were NBA icon Julius “Dr. J” Erving, rapper Rick Ross, and Malcolm Jenkins of the Philadelphia Eagles and some of his teammates.

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Here’s What Happened

The 30 year old Philadelphia rapper was sentenced to 2-4 years in prison for violating his parole by, get this, riding his quad bike down a N.Y. street one night.

Soon after Meek’s sentencing, his attorney, Joe Tacopina, publicly blasted the hell outta Judge Genece Brinkley and revealed that her sentencing was a personal vendetta against Meek. According to Tacopina, Brinkley overstepped her boundaries with Meek Mills in many ways throughout the years. She is reportedly very salty with Meek because he declined her request to shout her out in a Boyz II Men remake song, she asked Meek to record. Tacopina also says that Judge Brinkley has been mad with Meek ever since she tried to get him to leave Jay Z’s Roc Nation label and sign with her alleged business associate- a local record label owner named Charlie Mack.

Here’s Why FBI Is Investigating The Judge

Now, Judge Brinkley is under investigation by the FBI and here’s why:
Charlie Mack is a convicted felon and it is against Meek’s parole guidelines to associate with convicted felons, which is also what Meek and his attorney reportedly told Brinkley at the time of her alleged request. However, according to attorney Tacopina, as well as 2014 court documents that have just surfaced, Judge Brinkley told Meek that she was going to make an exception to allow Meek to do business with Mack if Meek followed her request to sign with Mack’s label.

The FBI is investigating Judge Brinkley because it is against the law for a judge to try to pressure Meek Mill into doing business with convicted felon. According to TMZ, Charlie Mack claims doesn’t know Judge Brinkley, but Tacopina does not believe that.

Attorney Tacopina is also saying that Meek’s entire sentencing should be thrown out, because he’s adamant that Brinkley’s harsh decision was swayed by her personal disdain for Meek Mill due to him rejecting her requests.

Meek Mill’s sentencing was extremely harsh and a petition was started on change.org to push Pennsylvania governor, Tim Wolf, as well as the state’s Board of Pardons to step in and reverse Judge Genece Brinkley’s brutal sentencing. To date, hundreds of thousands have signed the petition. Unfortunately, Gov. Wolf, revealed that his hands are tied because P.A. law doesn’t allow him to reverse decisions in specific cases. All hope is not lost though, there is still the Board of Pardons, which Meek’s attorney plans to seek help from, if Judge Brinkley does not reverse her decision, following her FBI probe.

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Why So Many Are Affected By This

Meek’s case is touching so many people, not simply because he’s a celebrity, but because his fame puts a face to the brutal abuses of power that millions of other Black people, and other people of color, are subjected to through the justice system daily. That point was further driven home by ousted NFL quarterback, Colin Kaepernick’s, recent post regarding Meek’s sentencing. So we leave you with this:

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Free Meek Mill and all others who are being thrown away by America’s criminal justice system for non-violent violations.

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