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Jay-Z vs. Tony Buzbee News: How Tony Buzbee Messed Around and Found Out About Jay-Z, Buzbee Gets Hit With Embarrassing Lawsuit, Why Jay-Z Sued Buzbee, How Diddy and Jaguar Wright are Involved and More From the Jay-Z-Buzbee Rivalry

The hip-hop legend and the celebrity attorney have been at odds for weeks.

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Hereโ€™s How Tony Buzbee Messed Around and Found Out About Jay-Z

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In just two short weeks, attorney Tony Buzbee found out just who Jay-Z is. Ever since the โ€œ99 Problemsโ€ rapper was named in one of the many civil suits against Sean โ€œDiddyโ€ Combs, the two have engaged in a pretty public back and forth in both the courts and online, leading various allegations and stories about Buzbee to come to light in the wake of their legal battle. โ€” Jared Alexander

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Jay-Zโ€™s Nemesis Tony Buzbee Just Got Hit With the Most Embarrassing Lawsuit

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Tony Buzbee hasnโ€™t had a break since he started representing alleged Sean โ€œDiddyโ€ Combsโ€™ accusers. A civil lawsuit against Diddy and Shawn โ€œJay-Zโ€ Carterโ€” alleging the rappers raped a 13-year-old Jane Doe in 2000โ€” has gotten messy over the weeks. Ironically, the Texas attorney is now facing a Jane Doe of his own in a new lawsuit against him. โ€” Phenix S Halley

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The Fight Against Jay-Z and Tony Buzbee Just Got Uglier

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One of the many civil cases against Sean โ€œDiddyโ€ Combs has somehow turned into a war between co-defendant Shawn โ€œJay-Zโ€ Carter and attorney Tony Buzbee, the lawyer representing the woman who claims Combs and Carter raped her while she was 13 years old in 2000. โ€” Phenix S Halley

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Did Jay-Z Sue Tony Buzbee To Try to Keep His Name Out of the Sexual Assault Case? We Have the Receipts

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When Shawn โ€œJay-Zโ€ Carter was first accused of raping a 13-year-old girl alongside Sean โ€œDiddyโ€ Combs, the Roc Nation founder made it clear he plans to fight these horrific allegations and the lawyer in charge of it all, Tony Buzbee. โ€” Phenix S Halley

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Jay-Z, Tony Buzbee Get Ugly With Each Other, Spilling Tea In Public Letters Amid Rape Lawsuit

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On Sunday (Dec. 8), rapper and business mogul Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) was accused in a lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 alongside Sean โ€œDiddyโ€ Combs. โ€” Candace McDuffie

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Jay-Zโ€™s Sexual Assault Lawsuit Battle Just Got Messier, Hereโ€™s How Jaguar Wright is Involved...

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As every day passes, we learn something new about the sexual assault lawsuit against Jay-Z and Sean โ€œDiddyโ€ Combs. โ€” Noah A. McGee

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Jay-Zโ€™s Accuser Suddenly Goes Public And Black Twitter Is Beyond Annoyed

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The same woman who accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping her when she was 13- years-old, sat down for an interview with NBC on Friday. The woman, now a 38-year-old mom living in Alabama, calls the alleged incident โ€œcatastrophic,โ€™โ€™ and made some admissions that are surprising. โ€” Alyse Martin

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