{"id":52,"date":"2007-06-27T01:13:22","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T00:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjstar.com\/news\/?p=52"},"modified":"2007-06-27T01:13:22","modified_gmt":"2007-06-27T00:13:22","slug":"jackson-sues-jay-z-nightclub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/06\/jackson-sues-jay-z-nightclub\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson Sues Jay-Z Nightclub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" width=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjstar.com\/13.jpg\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"michael jackson\" height=\"100\" style=\"width: 100px; height: 100px\" title=\"michael jackson\" \/>Jay-Z&#8217;s club just got hip-popped with a lawsuit by a slew of serious hitmakers like Michael Jackson, Kanye West, and Pharrell Williams, who are all claiming that he&#8217;s spinning tunes like &#8220;Billie Jean,&#8221; &#8220;Gold Digger&#8221; and in his New York hotspot &#8212; without paying royalties.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The 40\/40 Club, which is co-owned by the rapper and two partners, was sued yesterday by Broadcast Music Inc. 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