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*After Monday’s attempted drive-by shooting, rapper Rick Ross might want to do reevaluate how he’s living. According to TMZ, the former Florida corrections officer has hired 24-hour armed personal security to watch his back in wake of the attack. As we reported, Ross was targeted in a drive-by shooting in Fort Lauderdale early Monday morning [...]
*It’s taken a while to happen, but an August date for a trial by jury has been set in the battle over the use of name of former drug kingpin turned community activist Freeway Ricky Ross by high profile hip hop artist Rick Ross. Lawyers for (Freeway) Ross and Warner Bros. Records in Superior Court [...]
*Rapper Rick Ross will not have to change his stage name. An L.A. County Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the hip hop star from former drug dealer “Freeway” Rick Ross, who attempted to claim ownership of the Rick Ross name. But the judge today threw the lawsuit out, making it the second [...]
*Snoop Dogg was recently tapped to work on the music in the upcoming biopic on “Freeway” Ricky Ross. “Y’all heard what the Dogg said,” gloated Ross (pictured below), who has undergone a lengthy legal battle with rapper Rick Ross over his moniker. “Y’all didn’t think it was gonna happen, now the Dogg said he gonna [...]
*As expected, former drug trafficker “Freeway” Ricky Ross has filed a new lawsuit against the rapper Rick Ross, after his previous trademark infringement case was thrown out. Freeway Rick Ross, who spent over 10 years in prison, lost his trademark infringement case after a judge ruled that he could not properly trademark his name due [...]
*Baller Status is reporting that former drug kingpin “Freeway” Ricky Ross is reportedly appealing his trademark infringement case against rapper Rick Ross, which was dismissed in late July. After being released from prison in May 2009, the legendary drug dealer went after rapper Rick Ross over the rights to his name, which he claimed was [...]
*A federal judge in Los Angeles has tossed out a $10 million claim by convicted drug kingpin “Freeway” Ricky Ross against the rapper Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Def Jam, UMG, Vivendi and others. Ross filed the lawsuit in June alleging that the hip hop star had stolen his name and identity and that Jay-Z had led [...]
*Rick Ross is already knee deep in legal trouble over jacking the name of real gangster “Freeway” Ricky Ross. Now the rapper has gone and riled up the son of John Gotti after his father’s famous nickname ended up the title of Rick’s new album, “Teflon Don.” The moniker was first used by New York [...]
*Rapper Rick Ross has commented on a $10 million dollar lawsuit filed by Freeway Ricky Ross, who claims the hip hop artist stole his name, image and likeness and have made millions in profits at his expense. “We just gonna let the people deal with that,” rapper Rick Ross told AllHipHop.com in an exclusive interview. [...]
*One-time drug kingpin “Freeway” Ricky Ross on Friday (June 18) filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against rapper Rick Ross in California, reports Allhiphop.com. Jay-Z, who signed Rick Ross to Island Def Jam in 2006 while he was the label’s president, is named as a defendant in the lawsuit along with Maybach Music Group, Slip-N-Slide Records [...]
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