Fat Joe Wins Copyright Infringement Suit Over ‘All the Way Up’

Rappers Fat Joe and Remy Ma beat a copyright infringement lawsuit over the 2016 hit “All the Way Up,” according to a New York federal court opinion.

Eric Elliott, who claimed to have co-authored the song, can’t sue the rappers, also known as Joseph Cartagena and Reminisce Mackie, because he signed away his rights on a “piece of paper” at a Miami IHOP restaurant, Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald wrote in an opinion Jan. 5 for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Elliott met with Fat Joe, signed the agreement, and was paid $5,000 at the ...