{"id":10966,"date":"2026-06-15T23:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/quavo-lawsuit-over-ferrari-sculpture-in-tiktok-music-video-dropped\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T23:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:56:24","slug":"quavo-lawsuit-over-ferrari-sculpture-in-tiktok-music-video-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/quavo-lawsuit-over-ferrari-sculpture-in-tiktok-music-video-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"Quavo Lawsuit Over Ferrari Sculpture in TikTok Music Video Dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tQuavo is no longer facing a lawsuit for rapping in front of a quartz sculpture of a 1961 Ferrari in a TikTok and Instagram promo video in 2024.<\/p>\n

\n\tA Monday (June 15) court filing, first obtained and reported by Billboard<\/em>, states that artist Daniel Arsham and Quavo (Quavious Marshall) have agreed to the permanent dismissal of the copyright lawsuit. The notice does not say whether or not Quavo is paying a settlement to end the case. Arsham\u2019s attorney declined to comment on the matter, and a rep for Quavo did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n

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\n\tArsham, a New York-based artist, created the sculpture \u201cQuartz Eroded 1961 Ferrari GT\u201d in 2018 as part of a series portraying classic cars in an \u201ceroded\u201d or decaying state. He sued the former Migos rapper last year for allegedly featuring the piece in a 45-second promo video and related photo carousel posted to TikTok and Instagram in December 2024.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the video, Quavo was shown rapping a portion of his then-unreleased song \u201cTrappa Rappa\u201d in front of the Ferrari sculpture. \u201cTrappa Rappa\u201d dropped as a single in February 2025, though Arsham\u2019s sculpture was not present in any of the official visuals.<\/p>\n

\n\tArsham\u2019s lawsuit alleged that Quavo should have gotten his permission and paid a license to feature the piece in social media promos. He said such unauthorized use \u201cinterferes with and diminishes the value of plaintiff\u2019s licensing market and his ability to control the manner in which his work is presented to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe case was still in its earliest stages before being dismissed on Monday, and therefore, a judge had not yet determined whether Arsham was correct. Quavo\u2019s lawyer previewed a defense in court papers last month, writing that they planned to \u201cestablish that plaintiff\u2019s claims lack a factual basis on multiple grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOne such ground is the absence of substantial similarity of protectible expression between the video and the photos, on the one hand, and the sculpture, on the other,\u201d wrote Quavo\u2019s attorney in May. \u201cAnother ground is that the video and photos were authorized by plaintiff\u2019s legal agent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tArsham\u2019s original lawsuit also targeted Quavo\u2019s label, Quality Control Music, and its parent company HYBE, though both companies were dropped as defendants a few months into the case.<\/p>\n


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