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Big Pimpin Case Study

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Following earlier reports on Jay Z, claiming that the rapper attended in court last Tuesday, October 13, after being charged with a copyright lawsuit over his 1999 hit song "Big Pimpin", the case remains unresolved even after Jay Z and producer Timbaland went on a two-day discussion with their lawyers and witnesses to determine what really rooted the problem. Reports say that while there has been no real conflict identified on Jay Z 's Big Pimpin 's elements which included some of the basics from a 1950s Egyptian love ballad, the flute notes which are allegedly taken from 'Khosara Khosara ' sparked the dispute. Hit-maker Jay Z and producer Timbaland, who have compiled 25 Grammy Awards, are being sued by Osama Ahmed Fahmy, Baligh Hamdi 's

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