Members of the group The O’Jays are suing Crown Royal Whiskey.  Find out why here.

source newsone.com Bishop Carl Mimms III (pictured)  is hoping that Sprint will be bombarded with fire and brimstone for allegedly giving his suspicious wife, Diane (pictured), access to his cell phone records, reports Courthouse News Service.  Now the miffed minister is suing the telecommunications company. click here to read more

Syl Johnson, a respected musician who created many successful blues and soul songs in the 1960s and 1970s, is suing The Throne’s Kanye West and Jay-Z over an allegedly uncleared sample on the duo’s latest album, “Watch the Throne.” http://www.eurweb.com/2011/10/syl-johnson-sues-jay-z-kanye-over-%e2%80%98throne%e2%80%99-sample/

According to the Ap, a longtime songwriting partner of Aretha Franklin has sued her publishing company, claiming it did not sign a royalty agreement for a song on her recently released album. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/entertainment/blak_music_month/30408

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  Shirley Sherrod said she doesn’t need an apology from Andrew Breitbart, the Tea Party activist who posted an edited two-minute clip of her giving a speech in March that cost the Agriculture Department official her job. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/20682