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Tupac Shakur estate hit with $5M copyright lawsuit over 'White Man’z World' song

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Tupac Shakur’s estate is facing a federal lawsuit over allegations that the late rapper's 1996 track "White Man’z World" illegally sampled a copyrighted speech by Dr. Khallid Abdul Muhammad. The lawsuit, filed by Muhammad’s estate, claims that Shakur’s team used a seven-line excerpt from a 1993 speech given by Muhammad at the “Black Holocaust Nationhood Conference” without permission. The lawsuit targets multiple parties, including Tupac's estat…

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Tupac Shakur estate hit with $5M copyright lawsuit over 'White Man’z World' song

Tupac Shakur’s estate is facing a federal lawsuit over allegations that the late rapper's 1996 track "White Man’z World" illegally sampled a copyrighted speech by Dr. Khallid Abdul Muhammad. The lawsuit, filed by Muhammad’s estate, claims that Shakur’s team used a seven-line excerpt from a 1993 speech given by Muhammad at the “Black Holocaust Nationhood Conference” without permission. The lawsuit targets multiple parties, including Tupac's estat…

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Dr. Khallid Muhammad's Estate Files Lawsuit For Unauthorized Use Of Speech On Tupac Shakur Song - The Industry Cosign

The estate of Tupac Shakur has been sued for illegally using a copyrighted speech by the late Dr. Khallid Abdul Muhammad The post Dr. Khallid Muhammad’s Estate Files Lawsuit For Unauthorized Use Of Speech On Tupac Shakur Song appeared first on The Industry Cosign.

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2Pac’s Estate Faces $5 Million Lawsuit Over Dr. Khalid Abdul Muhammad Speech Sample

Recently, 2Pac’s estate was hit with a federal lawsuit from the estate of Dr. Khalid Abdul Muhammad. Muhammad’s estate alleges that the rapper’s 1996 song “White Man’z World” samples one of his copyrighted speeches illegally. The track appears on The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, an album that dropped just a few months after the hip-hop icon’s alias, Makaveli. Aside from 2Pac’s estate, the lawsuit also names Suge Knight, Interscope Records,…

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The Express Tribune broke the news in Pakistan on Thursday, April 3, 2025.
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