Iggy Azalea has won the first bit of a long lawsuit involving her ex-boyfriend Maurice Williams, a.k.a. rapper Hefe Wine. A judge has granted the "Beg For It" rapper a preliminary injunction barring the release of an unofficial Azalea EP, Inizio.
Citing forged signatures and "significant discrepancies in the production quality" of the leaked Azalea material, Williams has been barred from releasing any music from Azalea, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
Azalea, real name Amethyst Kelly, claimed that a signed document that she used to enter into a management contract with Kareen Chapman was used to forge documents that gave Williams and his company, Wine Enterprises, Inc. the rights to ""manufacture, sell, distribute and advertise 'any' recording embodying visual images" of Azalea.
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These forged documents led to the release of Inizio, which features songs such as "U Ain't My Daddy" and "It Ain't Trickin."
Williams can now no longer sell the music or use Azalea's name to distribute the songs.
The preliminary injunction is just the first part of Azalea and Williams sure to be lengthy lawsuit. Things are now looking good for Azalea to win the case, with the preliminary injunction showing that judge Beverly Reid O'Connell thus far sides with the major name rapper.
In order to fully win the lawsuit, Azalea has to prove that the release and distribution of Inizio has caused her "irreparable harm" to her career.
Though Williams and his team claim that the damage has already been done, O'Connell believes more may come from the catalogue of music that Williams ripped from Azalea's laptop.
"Although it may seem intuitive that her right of first publication is already lost because Defenants already released their videos, it does not appear - and Defendants do not contend - that they released the entirety of each of her copyrighted songs," she said. "That they used samples from her songs does not deprive her of the right to control when, if ever, she chooses to publish the entire song. That right remains intact."
The judge also cited Azalea's loss of money for the leaked music.
The case is ongoing.
