Jay Z and Kanye West Sued for Theft

Rappers Jay Z and Kanye West are being sued for allegedly stealing a song from an artist who was street peddling his CDs outside of the Mercer Hotel in SoHo a few years ago. At the same time Jay Z, Kanye and singer Frank Ocean reportedly rented a host of rooms at the hotel and were recording music for the album Watch the Throne. According to the lawsuit, Joel Mac sold a CD to a guy named Mike Dean, and to his surprise, when the album was released his song was track 11 on the music project. He is suing the rappers for copyright infringement.

Joel McDonald is a New York musician who was born in Belize City, Central America. He grew up in South Bronx after coming to the United States in 1976. Joel Mac joined the rap group Undefeated Three under the stage name Cool Supreme with Easy Gee and the Funkmaster Wizard Wiz. Undefeated Three was signed to Tuff City Records but only recorded a few songs before disbanding.

Joel Mac and Easy Gee recorded some unreleased material with Jazzy Jay before Joel went on to record … click HERE to continue reading