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Dec 04, 2019 jayz has filed a lawsuit against the author of a 2017 childrens book titled, a b to jayz by jessica chiha, which is published by her company the little homie. Sep 27, 2017 a b to jay z a hip hop inspired abc childrens book preorder the little homie. If youre having alphabet problems i feel bad for your son, i got 99 problems but my abcs aint one. Jayz sues australian mum jessica chiha over childrens book.
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