FMR. BOX SUES JAY-Z FOR STEALING HIS RHYMING STYLE; FMR. FRIEND SUES R. KELLY FOR STEALING HIS 'STEPPIN' MOVES.

According to Allhiphop.com, former heavyweight boxer Mitchell Rose is planning to file an $88 million dollar copyright lawsuit against Jay-Z in Brooklyn Federal Court. Rose says he gave Jay-Z his demo tape on March 12, 2001, following a bout between William Joppy and Felix Trinidad. Afterwards, he was shocked to discover that Jay-Z allegedly stole his style of rhyming, delivery and even certain lyrics. “He took the style and the delivery. He’s using it on the regular, now Lil’ Kim is using it. All I want is justice. Jay-Z knows what I am talking about." The former heavyweight boxer who is known for knocking out Eric “Butterbean” Esch, claims he met Jay-Z right after the Joppy-Trinidad fight and gave a demo to the rap superstar, who promised to listen to it. “He took the demo with him and shortly after that he began using the whispering (which he now frequents) in his songs. I had previously trained some of my artists to use that style, but it quickly became obsolete after Jay-Z got a hold of it. He used the whispering to enhance his music and financially benefit from it. Jay-Z disregarded the fact that it was my demo where he got the style from as he went on to use it for his own personal gains, which is wrong.”

In related news, Jay-Z's former Best of Both Worlds parter, R. Kelly, who has just been acquitted of 14 counts of child pornography, is also being sued...again. Henry Vaughn, an associate of the self-proclaimed "King of R&B," is suing the crooner for stealing his "steppin'" dance moves, according to TMZ. Vaughn said he gave the moves to Kells to make him seem more mature. Kels shouts out Uncle Henry Love at the end of his song Step in the Name of Love.

I swear people sue over the most petty things.

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