According to The Blast, the lawsuit against JAY-Z over Reasonable Doubt royalties has been dismissed. In court documents obtained by the publication, JAY-Z and Raynard Herbert have both agreed to dismiss the legal battle.
“Per their deal, the case will be closed without the option to refile and each side will pay their own court costs.”
Raynard Herbert, also known as “Ray Rae,” sued JAY, Roc-A-Fella Records, Roc Nation, and Damon Dash last year. He claimed that he worked with the rapper and mogul on his debut album.
The Blast reports that Herbert “helped master the album and arranged its distribution agreement.” He also claims that the deal, which he used his music business connections to lock down the agreement, promised him to be “paid 1% of the album profits.”
The royalty checks apparently began rolling in around 1998 and suddenly ceased in November 2008. When Herbert tried to get in contact with Roc-A-Fella and everyone involved, he was unable to get a response. That’s when he took legal action to sue, “seeking an accounting for all sales of Reasonable Doubt since 2008, when his checks stopped arriving.”
