1060 Hip Hop Uncut

  The Case That Changed Everything (Again): How Jay-Z and "Big Pimpin'" Forever Altered Sampling Law Following the landmark legal case involving Biz Markie's "Alone Again" in 1991, the rules of hip-hop production were rewritten. The Wild West of uncredited sampling was over, replaced by a cautious, expensive, and legally-fraught landscape. But over a decade later, another case involving a hip-hop icon would once again send shockwaves through the industry, this time in a different direction. The lawsuit over Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'" and its use of a Middle Eastern sample isn't just a story about a music mogul's legal team; it's a profound tale of international copyright law and a unique legal victory that, in some ways, created a new precedent for the music industry. The Sample in Question: From Cairo to "Big Pimpin'" The year was 1999, and Jay-Z, with the visionary producer Timbaland, released ...

In March we saw a major acquisition of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Verzuz platform, The company that acquired the popular Verzuz platform Triller is set to go public and be listed on Nasdaq via a merger with the video streaming platform SeaChange International, according to a report by Variety.  SeaChange will be changing its name to TrillerVerz Corp. once the merger is complete. The company will go public in early 2022. According to the company’s self-evaluation, they expect a valuation of the “new entity” to be worth approximately $5 billion. ​​“We are thrilled to announce this important milestone of TrillerVerz’s plans to enter the public market,” Triller CEO Mahi de Silva said. “In our short history, we have evolved from a disruptive social media platform and creator of content to one of the world’s most successful platforms where creators, commerce, and culture meet.”   TrillerVera has plans to “diversify” revenue streams for the company through exploiting “cr...