Former Bad Boy rapper Ma$e has been ordered to pay after losing a cover art lawsuit over an Instagram photo. The news comes on the heels of the rapper's underwhelming performance for a crowd of less than 50 people in London.
According to reports, model Stephanie Delgado accused the Harlem rhymer of appropriating an Instagram photo of hers and using it as the cover art for his single "Why Can't We" without permission. Following her accusations in April, Delgado sued Ma$e over her claim.
As noted by TMZ, Ma$e was ordered to pay her $7,500. Delgado was reportedly awarded the money in default as Ma$e apparently never responded to her claim.
Delgado was originally seeking damages in the area of $60,000, but was not awarded that sum because she was unable to prove earnings matching what she was asking for in previous photo shoots.
Just last month, Ma$e was forced to perform in front of an intimate-sized crowd after fellow New Yorkers Fat Joe and Foxy Brown dropped out of their London gig. Joe was not able to get in the country and Brown pulled out with no explanation. The Ill Na Na rapstress jumped on Instagram during the performance and took shots at Ma$e's underwhelming crowd. She did not mention why she bailed on performing, though.
She posted a photo of the rapper along with the caption, "GOD don't like ugly Pastor Mase!"
Back in July, the on-again/off-again rapper/pastor announced that he had officially left his parishioners of the El Elyon International Church and would make another return to the rap game.
Ma$e retired from rap in 1999 to pursue a career in the ministry, but he would return in 2004, subsequently releasing an album called Welcome Back, which sold 500,000 copies. He eventually returned to his ministry full-time after that.
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