OMG Girlz is officially back. Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal that the girl group — central to T.I. and Tiny’s complicated court win last year — is reuniting for a brief, first-ever headlining tour. The tour has a tongue-in-cheek reference to the yearslong legal battle: The Name Stays Tour. “The …
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The fate of T.I. and Tiny’s $25 million intellectual property war with toymaker MGA Entertainment was left in the hands of an eight-member jury on Friday after closing arguments involving allegations of “demeaning” insults and “deep fakes.” In their final remarks rounding out the third courtroom trial in the long-running …
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Atlanta hip-hop mogul T.I. testified Friday that he was surprised to be in a courtroom, still battling billionaire toymaker Isaac Larian nearly four years after his wife sent a cease-and-desist letter claiming Larian’s popular “L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G.” dolls infringed on the name, image, and likeness of the couple’s teen pop …
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T.I. and Tiny’s lawsuit against L.O.L. doll maker MGA Entertainment ended in a mistrial Wednesday after jurors heard barred testimony accusing the toy company of “racist cultural appropriation.” U.S. District Court Judge James V. Selna granted MGA’s motion for mistrial on the sixth day of the multimillion-dollar court battle over …
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A federal judge sided with T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris on Friday, ruling that the Atlanta rapper’s cannabis use and infamous “virginity tests” on his teen daughter could not be used as evidence at a civil trial now underway in Santa Ana, Calif. The decision was a key …
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Atlanta rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris want “economic justice” after a major toy company made “millions of dollars” off a line of dolls allegedly inspired by the all-female group OMG Girlz that the couple launched in 2009, their lawyer told jurors in a California courtroom Wednesday. In …
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