{"id":7294,"date":"2025-08-08T04:09:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T04:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/mike-tyson-sued-over-jay-z-dmx-ja-rule-song-in-jake-paul-fight-promo\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T04:09:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T04:09:48","slug":"mike-tyson-sued-over-jay-z-dmx-ja-rule-song-in-jake-paul-fight-promo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/mike-tyson-sued-over-jay-z-dmx-ja-rule-song-in-jake-paul-fight-promo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson Sued Over Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule Song in Jake Paul Fight Promo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tM<\/span>ike Tyson is being sued by the producer of the 1998 Jay-Z, DMX and Ja Rule song \u201cMurdergram\u201d for allegedly featuring the track in an Instagram video promoting his fight against Jake Paul last year without permission.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe claims come in a legal complaint filed Thursday (Aug. 7) by Ty Fyffe, who co-wrote and produced \u201cMurdergram\u201d for Jay-Z\u2019s 1998 film Streets Is Watching<\/em>. While the song, released by Murder Inc., features Jay (Shawn Carter), DMX (Earl Simmons) and Ja Rule (Jeffrey Atkins), none of those artists or their representatives are involved in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIt\u2019s Fyffe only who takes issue with Tyson using \u201cMurdergram\u201d in a 33-second Instagram video of him training for his blockbuster fight against Paul in November. The alleged Instagram post is no longer on Tyson\u2019s page, but Fyffe\u2019s lawsuit includes screenshots of the video captioned, \u201cYou know what time it is #PaulTyson\u201d.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNeither plaintiff nor any of his representatives granted defendant Tyson permission to use the song title \u2018Murdergram\u2019 to promote his boxing match with Jake Paul,\u201d reads the complaint. \u201cBy listing the song title \u2018Murdergram\u2019 on his Instagram post, defendant Tyson misled viewers to believe that plaintiff endorsed, or was affiliated or associated with, him and\/or his participation in the match.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFyffe claims Tyson\u2019s use of \u201cMurdergram\u201d in this video helped drive viewership of his fight with Paul, which was watched live by more than 100 million people and broke Netflix viewing records. The producer cites reports<\/a> that Tyson was paid more than $20 million for the fight, and he alleges that the attention from the match boosted sales of the boxer\u2019s apparel and cannabis products.<\/p>\n

\n\tNow, Fyffe says he\u2019s entitled to a cut of Tyson\u2019s profits from the fight, as well as the royalties he should have been paid for the use of \u201cMurdergram\u201d in the Instagram post.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDefendant Tyson\u2019s conduct was intentional, willful and with full knowledge of plaintiff\u2019s copyright in the song,\u201d says the complaint. \u201cAs a consequence of defendant Tyson\u2019s infringement, plaintiff has suffered, and will continue to suffer, economic losses and damage to his copyright in the song.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tReps for Tyson did not immediately return a request for comment on the claims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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