From HipHopDX:
The lawsuit was first filed in 2007.
Court documents were filed yesterday (August 10) in the lawsuit over the rights to the sample in Jay Z‘s song “Big Pimpin’.” In the documents, both Jay Z andTimbaland are scheduled to testify in the case, which goes to trial October 13,Billboard reports. Timbaland produced the song.
Osama Ahmed Fahmy filed the lawsuit in 2007 against Jay Z, Timbaland and outlets who used the song for promotional purposes. Fahmy is the nephew of Baligh Hamdy, who composed “Khosara, Khosara,” which was identified as the track sampled in “Big Pimpin’.”
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