In a dramatic legal feud, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, member of R&B group Xscape and wife to rapper T.I. (aka Clifford Harris) has strongly refuted the claims that her imploring lawsuit regarding the OMG Girlz is only a “money grab” in court. Various claims have reported that there was misappropriation of the name and other attributes related to OMG Girlz by MGA entertainment who used it in marketing their extensive L.O.L Surprise! doll line.
OMG Girlz was a girl group formed in 2009 by the then Tameka Cottle that included Jolyn and her daughter Zonnique Pullins as well as other young girls. They deconstruct the world’s best girl group-famous for multi-colored outfits ‘Girl Sensation: OMG!!!’ – upbeat songs and magic adventure films. The group disbanded in 2015, although its legacy, namely among the children, continued.
In these testimonies, Harris has alleged that MGA Entertainment has used the OMG Girlz packaging and costume character without their approval. Blonde dolls with blue eyes and bright colored hair and clothes make the group members as claimed in the suit. Harris argues that MGA has abused the appearance of the girl group generating maximal profits from it, however, she noted that her initiative is not in any financial interest.
“The reason for this lawsuit is to preserve the purpose and efforts of these women,” Harris testified. “Nothing much has to do with money, more to do with the girls and what they created.”
Some critics have gone as far as claiming that Harris is chasing this case in order to get paid, claiming that she strongly counters. She was quoted saying that the lawsuit is about defense and protection of the creative work of OMG Girlz as well as the appropriation of their work of artistic dominance in the mass culture.
With theContinue testimony still in progress unlike the proceed of case, observers of the court both advocates of Tiny Harris and of OMG Girlz’s fans are on the look on the court’s verdict which is building up towards a case that will set a precedent on the protection of artist’s slightest rights in the entertainment context.
