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ARTICLE · 05 DECEMBER 2019

If youre having alphabet problems, I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but my ABCs arent one.

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Jay-Z recently sued an Australian online retailer, The Little Homie, claiming IP infringement of his famous song track.

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In the continuation of Marque's exposé into Jay-Z's 99 problems, where we seek to ascertain what issues do not form part of those 99 problems, we have discovered that learning the alphabet is not one.

Jay-Z has recently sued an Australian online retailer, The Little Homie, claiming flagrant infringement of his famous track, alleging that The Little Homie knowingly infringed his registered trademarks, copyright and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct through the sale of products including the book entitled "AB to Jay-Z".

Little Homie sells children's books and t-shirts online and each of the products have a pop culture reference on it, because, #trendy. Is your kid really cool if they're not counting from 1,2, 3 through to the Notorious BIG?

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