Jay Z agrees to pay jazz artist 50% of the royalties from his 2013 single Verses in wake of the Marvin Gaye Blurred Lines verdict…
After an 18-month legal battle Jay Z threw in the towel this week and agreed to split the royalties 50/50 with Swizz jazz artist Bruno Spoerri after initially denying he stole the instrumental from Spoerri's "Lilith - On the way" for his single 'Verses' from the 2013 Magna Carta Holy Grail album.
Last year 79-year-old Spoerri told SwissInfo.ch
"I'm in a way flattered that a relatively young rapper takes a sample from an old man, a sample that is about 35 years old. On the other hand I'm furious because it would have been so simple to clear the sample. All it would have needed was a call or an email to the company and I think it would have been relatively cheap."
