Outkast Sue Ovrkast for Having “Nearly Identical” Name
An Oakland artist is caught in the middle of a naming dispute with Outkast, the legendary Atlanta hip hop duo, after allegedly breaking an agreement to rebrand. These kinds of trademark tangles can get properly messy, especially when there's history between the parties and fans might genuinely get confused. For Cledvibes Radio listeners, it's a reminder that in an era of streaming saturation, your artistic identity is worth protecting, whether you're Grammy-winning icons or an emerging talent building your thing from the ground up.
From Pitchfork: A new lawsuit claims the Oakland rapper-producer reneged on an earlier agreement with the Grammy-winning duo to change his name to Overkxst