Future is being sued by a photographer who claims the rapper used the photog’s image of the Dungeon Household house with out permission on the Mixtape Pluto cowl artwork.
On Oct. 2, Gary Gomez sued the Atlanta rapper in United States District Court docket for the Central District of California. Gomez claims he took the unique photograph used on the mixtape cowl in 2021 and registered it with the Register of Copyrights in June of that yr. The photograph exhibits the surface of the house initially owned by Future’s cousin Rico Wade’s mom, the place the Dungeon Household recorded a lot of their early hits.
Gomez came upon Future used an altered model of the photograph on the duvet for Mixtape Pluto, launched on Sept. 20, 2024, a month after the undertaking got here out. The photograph was additionally used on merch offered by Future.
Gomez says he contacted Future concerning the violation in March and Might of this yr, however the events didn’t resolve the dispute, resulting in the lawsuit. He is asking for a jury trial and in search of unspecified damages.
XXL has reached out to Future’s workforce for remark.
The Dungeon Household house, positioned in South West Atlanta, was bought by OutKast’s Massive Boi in 2021. It’s at the moment on Airbnb, the place followers can e-book a keep on the historic house the place Organzied Noise, OutKast, Goodie Mob and others created Atlanta’s sound within the early Nineties.
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