Tracy Chapman is suing Nicki Minaj for stealing her song 'Baby Can I Hold You'

Tracy is now suing Minaj for an order which "prohibits Nicki and her team from releasing the song again". She is also looking to be financially compensated. 
PUBLISHED OCT 23, 2018

Tracy Chapman is reportedly suing Nicki Minaj over claims that the 'Anaconda' hitmaker stole her song 'Baby Can I Hold You' when she recorded her song 'Sorry'.

Just before the release of her last album 'Queen,' Nicki publicly asked Chapman to clear a sample from the song. In June 2018, Chapman shared how Nicki and her reps made a lot of requests to license 'Baby Can I Hold You'. As reported by TMZ, however, all the requests for the license were rejected.

Nicki later tweeted (since deleted) “Sis said no,” referring to Chapman denying the clearance. 

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