Rapper claims slugger's Forty-Forty infringes on Jay's chain of nightclubs.
By Gil Kaufman
Jay-z
Photo: Bennett Raglin/ WireImage
We all know Jay-z is a huge sports fan, but he's also a serious businessman. And he certainly doesn't appreciate people stepping on his enterprise. That explains why, according to The Associated Press, Jay and one of his business partners filed suit on Thursday in Manhattan Federal Court against Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, claiming that a nightclub opened by Big Papi in his native Dominican Republic infringes on Jay's 40/40 club concept.
The $5 million suit accuses Ortiz of naming his Santo Domingo club Forty-Forty — a reference to 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in one season — in the hopes of drafting off the popularity of the chain of 40/40 clubs owned by Jay in New York, Las Vegas, Chicago and Atlantic City. (Ortiz has stolen only 10 bases in his career and is not...
By Gil Kaufman
Jay-z
Photo: Bennett Raglin/ WireImage
We all know Jay-z is a huge sports fan, but he's also a serious businessman. And he certainly doesn't appreciate people stepping on his enterprise. That explains why, according to The Associated Press, Jay and one of his business partners filed suit on Thursday in Manhattan Federal Court against Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, claiming that a nightclub opened by Big Papi in his native Dominican Republic infringes on Jay's 40/40 club concept.
The $5 million suit accuses Ortiz of naming his Santo Domingo club Forty-Forty — a reference to 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in one season — in the hopes of drafting off the popularity of the chain of 40/40 clubs owned by Jay in New York, Las Vegas, Chicago and Atlantic City. (Ortiz has stolen only 10 bases in his career and is not...
- 4/16/2010
- MTV Music News
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