Jay-Z has been forced to put his lawyers to work in Australia after two children’s authors refused to remove his lyrics from their book A B to Jay-Z.
The author, Jessica Chiha, has been embroiled in controversy since 2017 when she initially released the book which features repurposed rap lyrics edited to make them child-friendly. When customers discovered that Chiha and her husband were white Australians and were promoting the book heavily using the word n***a, people spoke out on Twitter and Facebook.
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In 2017, Chiha created The Little Homie, a book publisher and fashion store, through a kickstarter effort that raised $8,000. The store now sells pop culture inspired clothing and sells the children’s book, which uses photos of famous rappers and rap lyrics to teach children the alphabet.
The entire situation took a strange turn in July 2017, when Twitter user @sweetfacedinero, whose real name is Erica, saw the book and asked if the authors were Black.
