In 2014, former Jay Z engineer Chauncey Mahan sued the rapper for author credit on 45 songs that he claimed were stolen between 1998 and 2002. That lawsuit was dismissed, but now Mahan is suing multiple other parties for being involved in the seizing of the recordings. According to TMZ, Mahan is suing Los Angeles and New York City (as well as their respective police departments) for $120 million in total. He's also suing Roc Nation and the owner of Baseline Studios (where the aforementioned recordings were created); in total, he's suing the defendants for $220 million.
Mahan was named in an alleged extortion plot in 2014 for attempting to sell Jay these master recordings. They were assumed to have gone missing in 2002.
