JAY-Z has filed legal documents to register the Roc-A-Fella diamond hand symbol as his own, according to TMZ. The Hip Hop mogul has applied for a trademark for rights to use the logo in all entertainment fields, including music, video, television and film.
Hov has been using the hand symbol since Roc-A-Fella Records’ was founded in 1996. It’s been featured in multiple music videos and on the cover of his 2000 album The Dynasty: Roc La Familia.
The hand sign and original Roc-A-Fella logo has caused a string of legal troubles for Hov’s empire. In 2005, the Watch The Throne co-creator was sued by professional wrestler Diamond Dallas Page over the diamond hand sign, but the case was settled out of court.
In 2016, his wife Beyoncé also became the target of a lawsuit when fashion designer Dwayne Walker — who claimed he’d crafted the original Roc-A-Fella logo — attempted to sue her for use of the logo in her “Drunk In Love” video. Hov’s pendant featuring the logo was briefly seen in the visual release.
Two years prior, Walker attempted to sue Hov for $7 million but lost the case in September 2016.
As of February 1, 2018, no one has trademarked the hand sign.
Three letters…D-D-P… that is Diamond Dallas Paige’s intellectual property…Jay-Z made a career outta stealing other peoples shit
First thing I thought was Diamond Dallas Page
“Self high five…”
One Word: Eminem.
Jay a funny guy*…it doesn’t resemble a diamond*it’s a triangle that represents the nwo and coming antichrist*politicians and a host of entertainers use it*are they reppin the roc??NOPE*
3 Words: Delta Sigma Theta (1913)
Those ladies have been throwing up the Diamond for a 100+ YEARS.
You are right spray fart. Those black ladies made it up so they should be able to keep it. Jay z is just a culture vulture. If he copyrights the diamond, jay z should pay them millions of dollars to copyright it.
HAHA hand gestures didnt really become popular with NPHC orgs til the 60’s. The Delta founders were not throwing up the Mid during the Great Depression
Broke ass Nas wishes he had a hand sign to copyright, but nope. He’s as dumb as a bag of rocks. King HOV continues to win all day and night. And to the ones saying that others have been doing the sign for years, did they ever copyright it? Nope, didn’t think so, so sit down, peasants.
Yo Vic Mensa stop posting on here.
One day a long long time ago when FB was a little boy, he asked his mama who his daddy was. She pointed to the TV and there was Jay-Z.
Two words: two words
WHat a fkn greedy clown
Maybe diamond dallas page should trademark it first since he was doing it before rocafella was even founded? Or maybe ths guy who was doing it before him? See this is why america sucks all these idiots like jayz who think their business men just because they put trademarks and intellectual property rights on shit they do because they think their so original its like donald trump trademarking “your fired” its just stupid and ignorant
You don’t know business then because what you describe is a core quality of business.
I understand it plenty intellectual ownership over something actualy intellectuals fine but your just trying to buy a gesture people used for decades before you ever even used it motherfucker probably got the idea while watching an episode of WCW nitro in the 90’s is just flat out greedy and just goes to show why tidals flopping on his end and had to bring in big investors he has NO decent original idea without stealing it from someone and why anything he has done he has shit where he ate and cant even go back guys a pathetic leech no better than ol trump owning “your fired” its petty and not intellectual at all it just shows narrow mindedness i wonder why ronnie james dio didnt trademark the devil horns people throw up with their hands to metal/rock music damn he coulda got super rich but he was actualy a decent human being unlike jay z and let people enjoy it just like he does its called being an artist not being the same exact fat cats you sit and criticize who would piece out and sell their own mothers if they could kinda like jay z
Roc Nation isnt really a interesting movement to me anymore , so id say jay is looking for dough
he shouldv done this way back in 2001 , when roc nation was interesting
But DDP was also active in wwe
I just came to comment what others have – clearly DDP was using this and throwing it up long before JayZ was. He should be the one to have the trademark rights…
@Fuck Queensbridge Shut Up! Every time time there’s a post about Jay u always throw Nas into the mix. You ride his nuts so hard you’re likely to wind up giving him his fourth kid.
@Fuck Marcy Shut Up! Every time there’s a post about Nas u throw Jay into the mix. Dickrider!