Lawsuits against celebrities and rich people can sometimes be just plain ridiculous, seeming as how they’re totally baseless and sound outright crazy.
Such may be the federal lawsuit which has been filed against Beyonce and Jay Z by an incarcerated man, who accuses them of stealing his music lyrics and not paying him what he was owed.
Jeffney Phillips is currently locked up in prison in Florida, but he filed the federal lawsuit nonetheless on October 31st in Florida court. He says he met someone named Chucky in prison who told him he was friends with Jay Z and can introduce him to the music mogul through the mail.
According to the lawsuit, Jeffney claims that he allegedly began communicating with Jay and eventually started sending him lyrics, on which he can get feedback from him. Mr. Carter in turn allegedly told him that his lyrics were going to be used and he was going to get paid for that.
A little while later, Phillips states that he heard a song off Watch The Throne with Kanye West which featured his lyrics, but according to him, he never received a dime for his work. The prisoner is now accusing Jay Z of stealing his music, his rap style and image through the letters they allegedly exchanged.
Jeffney claims he also communicated with Beyonce and sent her lyrics too, which she then, in turn, used in her albums.
He is now suing the power couple for $50 million. Each. We ain’t got nothing else to say.
