Last August, Mannion moved to dismiss the claims. “Nor did Jay-Z authorize Mannion to use his name, likeness, identity or persona for any purpose.” Roc-A-Fella claims Dash intended to sell the NFT. “Jay-Z never gave Mannion permission to resell any of the images,” Hov argues. Per TMZ, JAYs music label has filed a lawsuit against Dash over his alleged attempt to mint and sell Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt album as an NFT. The rap mogul is suing Jonathan Mannion and his company, Jonathan Mannion Photography LLC, claiming Mannion is exploiting his name and image without the rapper's consent. The Roc Nation boss claims Mannion asked for “tens of millions of dollars” to stop using Jay-Z’s likeness. Jay Z is suing the legendary hip-hop photographer who shot his debut album cover, Reasonable Doubt. The lawsuit alleges Mannion’s been profiting off Jay-Z’s likeness by selling prints and t-shirts featuring those old photos. One of the photos taken by Mannion became the cover for Hov’s debut album Reasonable Doubt. Jay-Z hired Mannion as a photographer in the ’90s.
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The trial date is scheduled for July 22, 2022. Since the two sides were unable to come to an agreement, the case will proceed in court. “The parties were unable to reach an agreement to resolve this case.” “Plaintiff Shawn Carter and Defendants Jonathan Mannion and Jonathan Mannion Photography LLC participated in a mediation before the Honorable Terry Friedman (Ret.) on January 5, 2022,” the court filing reads. Jay-Z is suing the famed Hip Hop photographer for selling photos of the Grammy-winning rapper without permission. With that said, he’s suing to put a stop to Mannion selling the pics, and wants him to hand over any of the profits he’s made off his likeness.Jay-Z is heading to trial in his lawsuit against photographer Jonathan Mannion.Īccording to documents obtained by AllHipHop, Hov and Mannion couldn’t reach a settlement in the case. The rap star notes that he has strict control over whether and how his name, likeness, identity and persona are used. Jay states it’s “ironic that a photographer would treat the image of a formerly-unknown Black teenager, now wildly successful, as a piece of property to be squeezed for every dollar it can produce. JAY-Z The Black Album Album Cover Mousepad, Use At Home, Office, Cafe or Gaming, Smooth Gliding and Durable Mousepad Sale Price 14.29 14.29 16.81 Original Price 16.81. However, Jay claims Mannion is making an “arrogant assumption that because he took those photographs, he can do with them as he pleases,” TMZ quotes. JAY-Z Reasonable Doubt Album Cover Mousepad, Use At Home, Office, Cafe or Gaming, Smooth Gliding and Durable Mousepad.
Mannion was the photographer who was hired back in 1996 to shoot the cover for “Reasonable Doubt.” Jay says Mannion took hundreds of pics and Roc-A-Fella Records used some of the photographs for his album covers and paid Mannion a lot for those uses. So what’s the big problem? Well, Jay-Z says he never gave Mannion permission to do so - and he claims when he asked Mannion to stop using his image, the photog actually demanded tens of millions of dollars. In docs obtained by the news site, Jay says Mannion has his name and likeness plastered all over his website and sells tons of photos of Jay-Z for thousands of dollars.
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