Last time we checked, there was no stripper shortage in the hip-hop video world, so Bow Wow’s latest legal woe is just a head-scratcher.
According to TMZ, the YMCMB rapper has been order to pay French adult film star Celine Tran a total of $80,000 after using some of her striptease footage for his “Drank in My Cup” video. Tran, whose stage name is “Katsuni,” slapped Bow with the lawsuit after her work, which originally appeared in a music video for French band Electronic Conspiracy, was swiped without her consent. Bow Wow never replied to the suit, leaving it in the hands of a federal judge.
The court ruled that Bow Wow would pay $79,346.07, including damages and lawyer fees to Tran, and that the used footage be stopped.
Take a look at the two videos below:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3yOlYwzfyGQ