October 23, 2019
A Louisiana federal court has ordered New Orleans jazz artist Paul Batiste to pay $125,000 to reimburse Macklemore and Ryan Lewis for the hip-hop duo's legal fees after they beat Batiste's lawsuit, which claimed some of their popular songs like "Thrift Shop" featured illegal samples.
May 14, 2019
Hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis want their legal bills reimbursed after beating an "objectively baseless" copyright lawsuit that claimed "Thrift Shop" and other hits featured illegal samples.
April 24, 2019
Hip hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis won a ruling Tuesday tossing out a lawsuit that claimed they illegally sampled from a New Orleans jazz artist when they created hits like "Thrift Shop."
May 18, 2018
A Louisiana federal judge has refused to toss a New Orleans jazz musician's copyright suit against hip-hop act Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, finding the Big Easy artist sufficiently pled substantial similarities between his works and those of the duo, including their hit "Thrift Shop."