Batiste Brothers Band

NEW ORLEANS - Paul Andrea Batiste, a founder of the Batiste Brothers Band, claims dozens of defendants "wrongfully copied nearly every song in plaintiff's catalog"; click headline to see defendants.

Here are the defendants Batiste's 118-page federal copyright claim for $100 million: Faheem Rasheed Najm (T-Pain); Khaled bin Abdul Khaled (DJ Khaled); William Roberts II (Rick Ross); Antoine McColister (Ace Hood); 4 Blunts Lit At Once; Atlantic Recording Corporation; Byefall Music LLC; Byefall Productions Inc.; Capital Records LLC; Cash Money Records Inc.; EMI April Music Inc.; EMI Blackwood Music Inc.; First-N-Gold Publishing Inc.; Fueled By Ramen LLC; Nappy Boy LLC; Nappy Boy Enterprises LLC; Nappy Boy Productions LLC; Nappy Boy Publishing LLC; Nasty Beat Makers Productions Inc.; Phase One Network Inc.; Pitbull's Legacy Publishing; RCA Records; RCA/JIVE Label Group; Songs of Universal Inc.; Sony Music Entertainment Digital LLC; Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC; Sony/ATV Songs LLC; Sony/ATV Tunes LLC; The Island Def Jam Music Group; Trac-N-Field Entertainment LLC; UMG Recordings Inc.; Universal Music - MGB Songs; Universal Music - Z Tunes LLC; Universal Music Publishing Inc.; Universal Music Corporation; Universal-Polygram International Publishing Inc.; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.; WB Music Corp.; and Zomba Recordings LLC.

Subscribe to Closing Arguments

Sign up for new weekly newsletter Closing Arguments to get the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and hot cases and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world.

Email *

Submit