Rolls Royce Rizzy is no more after the luxury car company, Rolls-Royce, won a lawsuit saying the So So Def rapper can not use its name for his music career.
According to TMZ, the rapper will now officially go by Royce Rizzy. He made the name change after Rolls-Royce filed the lawsuit in January of last year and removed the automobile maker’s name and trademark “RR” logo from his branding.
(This article was first published on January 26, 2015 and is as follows.)
Rolls-Royce, a luxury carmaker that is no stranger to Hip Hop, is suing Atlanta rapper Royce Rizzy, TMZ reports.
According to the celebrity gossip news outlet, Rolls-Royce wants the So So Def rapper to stop selling t-shirts that say “Team Rolls Royce.”
The company says they sent the artist cease and desist letters before moving forward with the lawsuit.
Royce Rizzy denies receiving the letters and claims that he no longer sells the apparel.
However, he was wearing a hoodie with the slogan in a picture he posted on social media in December. He also hosted a 2014 New Year’s Eve celebration under his former name Rolls Royce Rizzy.
The rapper still owns a Twitter account with the username @RollsRoyceRizzy, as well. The last post on that account is from January 3 and the profile has a link to his new account that drops the “Rolls.”
So So Def founder Jermaine Dupri says that he made the rapper drop the “Rolls” from his name before endorsing him.
“I know how business works,” Dupri says.
Below are the Twitter posts:
still dont understand how officer ricky hasnt got sued by Maybach for stealing their name and logo for his shitty record label. Maybe they’re waiting until someone at MMG finally goes platinum.
Exactly, even Meek should be sue for the Dream Chasers logo. Which is a blatant knock off of RR as well
who da fuc is this f@ggot???
The question is…does this fool have one or is he driving a Toyota Tercel
but officer ricky aint have no maybach when he started maybach music, then when he finally got one it was 5 years old and leased LMAO, i think jay-z even clowned him in a song
So why aren’t they going after Royce 5’9″? He actually has money, unlike this clown.
Read the text again. They only going after Rizzy because of those t-shirts consisting the term “Royce Rolls”, which is the property of the car company, and thus the rapper has no right to use nor to profit from it. Royce 5’9″ has nothing similar under his belt.
Royce the 59 Real name is Royce idiot.
Real name Ryan…
SO SO DEF? since Bow Wow left they aint been the same Dem Franchise Boyz made noise though. wow this dude might as well go apply for cook at Burger King
Add Rose Royce, them Car Wash muthafuckas to the list
Will the real Royce please stand up………..and write this dude a verse
drake could sue him as well for stealing the rizzy out of drizzy
Of course not you stupid dumb f*ck!! Youre really dumb and ignorant go suck drizzys gay ass
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this is sad because Mercedes keeps letting a police ass nigga use the Maybach name and that fat fraud dont even know how to pronounce it right.
When they gonna sue Weak Mill’s Spermchasers Records for stealing their logo? Heard his cousin just got smacked up by them OBH goons and he ran. Dreamchasers? More like Dream Runners!
And stupid fake rick ross gaybac music
Did this stupid fuck expect to win? Ignorant shit.
WHO IS HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE????????
Rofl what a dip shit..Dude probably doesn’t own a rolls let alone can rent one. Fucking clowns I swear, hip hop is becoming a minstrel show
These cats is still promoting brands that they absolutely get no money from…. free advertisement. Wack name anyway…LOL
LAME is takin’ tha BUS to gigs, talkin’ Rolls Royce my azz! This WACK JOB can’t afford the 99 cent deal at POPEYES!