Nicki Minaj Faces Backlash After Referencing Rosa Parks in Single Previewed on Icon's Birthday. The rapper shared a snippet of the song on what would have been Rosa Park's 107th birthday ...

Like lots of hip-hop fans, I was rankled by the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing civil rights icon Rosa Parks to proceed with her suit against OutKast, which titled a 1998 song Rosa ...

According to Billboard, Parks filed a lawsuit against Outkast in 1999 alleging defamation and trademark infringement because they used her name without permission in “Rosa Parks.” The song is ...

The day before civil rights icon Rosa Parks’ birthday, rap artist Nicki Minaj released a clip of a new song that caused a stir online. Nicki Minaj previewed the clip to her new song “Yikes ...

In 1999, Parks sued Atlanta rap duo OutKast over its song "Rosa Parks," claiming the song misappropriated her name. The lawsuit was dismissed but an appeal was filed, and the case was eventually ...

An aging Rosa Parks is at the center of a legal battle about a hip-hop song that refers to her famous refusal to sit at the back of a bus. Now her health records will be released in response to a ...