Mike Tyson has settled a lawsuit claiming he illegally used the Jay-Z, DMX and Ja Rule song “Murdergram” an Instagram video promoting his boxing match against Jake Paul.
The deal, filed in court Monday, will resolve a case filed last month against the boxing legend by Ty Fyffe, a producer and co-writer of the 1998 track who claimed that Tyson had willfully infringed his copyrights by using the song in a training video ahead of his much-hyped fight with Paul.
The terms of the settlement were not disclosed in court filings, and neither side immediately returned requests for comment on Monday. Jay-Z (Shawn Carter), DMX (Earl Simmons) and Ja Rule (Jeffrey Atkins) were not involved in the case.
“Murdergram” was recorded by Jay-Z, with DMX and Ja Rule featured, as part of the soundtrack to th