Jay-Z is suing to stop the American Arbitration Association from judging a trademark case, citing that its panel is 'too white' to consider his case fairly.
The multi-millionaire rapper, 48, has been in a year-long dispute with clothing company Iconix Brand Group Inc over his #RocNation baseball cap line, which must be settled by an arbitrator.
Despite being presented 200 or so prospective arbitrators, the rapper said only three were black and one was unavailable.
He's seeking to halt the Iconix arbitration until AAA provides a greater selection of black options.
On Wednesday Jay-Z filed a petition in Manhattan state court saying the American Arbitration Association panel is 'too white' to judge his arbitration case
The multi-millionaire rapper has been in a year-long dispute with clothing company Iconix Brand Group Inc over his #RocNation baseball cap line
'The AAA’s lack of African-American arbitrators came as a surprise to [Carter], in part because of AAA’s advertising touting its diversity,' the rapper, whose real name is Shawn C. Carter, said in his petition filed in the Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Iconix bought Carter's fashion line Rocawear back in 2008 and in 2015 in a settlement the two parties agreed to submit any disputes to arbitration.
In October the company initiated proceedings for a pending trademark-infringement suit relating to the rapper's #RocNation baseball cap line, according to Bloomberg.
Iconix sued over the rapper's hat deal with Major League Baseball, saying it would interfere with their licensing agreement and filed an arbitration proceeding against Carter demanding financial information on October 1.
Carter's attorney, however, thinks it's all a litigation tactic, according to Baller Alert.
The Brooklyn rapper says he looked through a myriad of arbitrators presented by the AAA and was 'confronted with a stark reality: he could not identify a single African-American arbitrator on the "Large and Complex Cases" roster, composed of hundreds of arbitrators, that had the background and experience to preside over the arbitration', according to the petition.
An image of one of his RocNation caps pictured above
Just three black arbitrators were presented to the rapper but one was unavailable as they represented Iconix in a related litigation, according to Reuters.
Carter said the 'token number of African-Americans' violates public policy.
He added without a diverse selection of arbitrators, black litigants like himself aren't granted 'the equal protection of the laws'.
The petition details that AAA only has one Asian-American, one South Asian, and one Latino representative, and membership is 'composed to 24 per cent women and minorities', according to court papers.
Lawyers for Iconix are yet to comment on the suit. AAA has also not commented on the filing.
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Main photo article Jay-Z is suing to stop the American Arbitration Association from judging a trademark case, citing that its panel is ‘too white’ to consider his case fairly.
The multi-millionaire rapper, 48, has been in a year-long dispute with clothing company Iconix Brand Group Inc over his...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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