. "Sorry," a collaboration with the rapper Nas, never made it on the album, but itfind itself in the hands of popular radio DJ Funkmaster Flex, and as these things do, then made its way to the internet.
Minaj's team attempted to clear Chapman's sample regardless of her well-known status as artist who never allows samples of her work. Although Minaj will be paying the hefty fine, U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips ruled that Minaj had a fair use right to utilize the song in the studio for musical experimentation.
"A ruling uprooting these common practices would limit creativity and stifle innovation within the music industry," noted court documents.
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