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The t-shirts in question show Cube’s snarling face slapped on a mocked up Oakland Raiders logo. Perfect for that 20-something chick who’s just dying to rep old school rap and the silver and black … right?
Patrick Hoelck says not so fast. He’s the photographer who took the famous pic of Ice Cube used on the t-shirt, and he says Forever 21, and another merch company called Control … never got his permission.
In the lawsuit he just filed … Hoelck says he sent both companies letters back in June demanding they yank the shirts. They didn’t, so now he wants a jury to shut ’em down, and award him their profits.
Side note: Copyrights aside, the shirt seems kinda stupid to us, since Cube’s sporting a Washington Nationals hat in the photo. Hardly screams Raider Nation.
