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<blockquote data-quote="HotNewHipHop" data-source="post: 9078" data-attributes="member: 83">Nas found himself in hot water this week after famed hip-hop photographer Al Pereira filed a lawsuit against the rapper for <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/photographer-sues-nas-after-rapper-posts-photo-of-tupac-on-instagram-news.148640.html" target="_blank">using one of his images without permission</a>. The image in question was one that Pereira captured of Nas and Tupac in 1993 at NYC's Club Amazon. Unfortunately for Nas, the Instagram post has found him in a<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/rick-ross-sued-by-photographer-for-illegally-using-images-news.10449.html" target="_blank"> legal battle </a>against the iconic photographer.<h4><img src="https://ssl.ulximg.com/public/userfiles/2022/03/08/GettyImages-881236978.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></h4>
<h4> Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images</h4>Pereira filed the lawsuit accusing Nas of &quot;profiting from the work&quot; without asking permission to &quot;license the work.&quot; Although Pereira hasn't revealed what he's seeking in damages, it's clear that Snoop Dogg believes this whole ordeal is unfair to Nas.&quot;How's a mothafucka <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/pete-rock-plans-to-sue-nas-over-unpaid-illmatic-royalties-report-news.146036.html" target="_blank">suing Nas</a> for a picture that he in?&quot; Snoop said on Instagram as he declared that photographers &quot;lost y'all mothafuckin' rabid ass mind.&quot;The rapper continued to blast copyright laws that provided Pereira the grounds to launch a lawsuit. &quot;When you take a picture of a n***a, that picture ain't yours. That's a mere likeness-type situation. You're borrowing my likeness,&quot; he continued. &quot;We need new laws to help us as artists, man, because it's a bunch of mothafuckas selling pictures with my face on it and I don't get shit 'cause they took the picture. Can anybody help me with that? Just a basic question.&quot;Check out Snoop Dogg's post below and let us know your thoughts in the comments.<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/snoop-dogg-calls-out-photographer-for-suing-nas-over-2pac-picture-news.148789.html" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

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