The Jigga Man suing Big Papi over naming of Club
Posted on 16. Apr, 2010 at 8:47 pm by SKI in Baseball, Beer + Stuff
NEW YORK (AP)—Jay-Z and a business partner are suing slugger David Ortiz, claiming the Boston Redsox star named his Dominican nightclub after the mogul’s chain of 40/40 clubs.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Manhattan Federal Court, accuses Ortiz of naming his Santo Domingo club Forty-Forty in the hopes of trading in on the rap star’s fame.
The suit seeks over $5 million in damages and for Ortiz to forfeit any use of the 40/40 name.
Jay-Z’s string of bars can be found in Manhattan, Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
“David Ortiz is fully aware of Plaintiff’s Manhattan 40/40 club, since he had been a patron there on several occasions before he opened his Infringing Forty/Forty club,” the lawsuit states.
The clubs are named after the feat of hitting 40 homers and stealing 40 bases in one season.
A message seeking comment was left Thursday night with SFX Baseball, the agency that represents Ortiz.
Was it wrong for Papi to try and steal Jay-Z club name. Yes, but the Jigga Man should show a little compassion for Papi. Jay-Z has a cagillion dollars (That’s how much money he has I had to invent a new term for it), the dude has in own brand of vodka for christ sakes. Papi on the other hand can’t hit himself out of a paper bag and his time in the bigs draw ever so close to ending. Jay I know your a Yankee fan, but can you throw Papi a bone here and let him have this one. Either that or hook him up with some HGH so he can get back to hitting the baseball.
El Rey
17. Apr, 2010
Jigga Man is just mad that even Big Papi has had a more recent hit than him.
Hey Yo…