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Last Updated on Saturday, 17 April 2010 10:47
Written by Brandy Smith
Saturday, April 17th, 2010

 

Rapper/ Mogul Jay-Z is suing Boston Red Sox’s David Ortiz  for naming his Santo Domingo nightclub after his chain of 40/40 nightclubs. Jay-Z has clubs with the name in Manhattan, Las Vegas and Atlantic City. The suit was filed on Thursday at Manhattan Federal Court.

Ortiz is accused of naming his club 40/40 in an effort to gain business using Jay-Z’s fame. Reportedly Jay is seeking $5 million in damages and for Ortiz to forfeit any use of the name 40/40. Ortiz insists that his club is named after his hitting 40 homers and stealing 40 bases in one season. However, Ortiz has visited Jay-Z’s 40/40 club several times and was fully aware of the name.

Obviously, Jay-z  is not doing this for the money, the man is a millionare, but I think that this has more to do with principle.  Ortiz should have used a little common sense before going through with that. Kudos to Jay-Z for stepping up to claim what is his. Some may argue that this petty  but I agree with Jay-Z on this one. I’m sure that this Ortiz guy knew that naming his club 40/40 would have people thinking that Jay-Z had something to do with it. Regardless of his reasons for giving his club the same name, I’m not buying it. I think that Jay-Z has every right to the name and Ortiz needs to pay just like anyone else that wants to put Jay-Z’s name on something.