Nicki Minaj pays Tracy Chapman $450,000 after copyright case
By Mark Savage
BBC music reporter
Publishedduration48 minutes agoshareSharenocloseShare pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing
image copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionMinaj was initially unaware of her song's debt to Chapman's composition
Rapper Nicki Minaj will pay singer Tracy Chapman $450,000 (£332,000) to settle a copyright dispute after sampling one of her songs.
Chapman sued Minaj in 2018, saying she had used portions of Baby, Can I Hold You Tonight in her song Sorry.
Although the song was never released, a leaked version made its way to radio DJ Funkmaster Flex and went viral online.
Chapman accused Minaj of sharing the song with Flex, although both have denied that version of events.
