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OutKast, Parks Patch Things Up
OutKast may have apologized a trillion times to "Ms. Jackson," but the duo probably should have worked in a "so sorry" to Rosa Parks along the way.
Now, the Grammy-winning Andre 3000 and Big Boi and their record company, Sony BMG, have made nice with Parks, ending their lengthy court battle with the civil rights pioneer.
Parks--who famously refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white woman--sued OutKast in 1999, accusing the rappers of wrongfully appropriating her name for the song "Rosa Parks" off the duo's Aquemini album.
Under the terms of the settlement, Outkast and Sony BMG admit no wrongdoing, but have agreed to "enlighten today's youth about the significant role Rosa Parks played in making America a better place for all races," Parks' guardian Dennis Archer said in a statement Thursday.
Parks, who suffers from dementia, is happy with the terms of the deal, per Archer.
So is Sony BMG, says lawyer Joe Beck.
"We think it will go a long way towards teaching a new generation about Rosa Parks and her accomplishments, and we appreciate Mrs. Parks' and her attorneys' acknowledgment of the First Amendment in protecting artistic freedom," Beck told the Associated Press.
The settlement puts an end to five years of bitter back-and-forth between the two sides.
Parks originally filed her lawsuit in Michigan, accusing Big Boi and Andre 3000 and record company BMG of profiting off her moniker and falsely suggesting the song "Rosa Parks" was endorsed by her. In addition to monetary damages, she sought to have the track removed from all future pressings of the disc.
The lawsuit was tossed out by a lower court, then reinstated on appeal. Eventually, case found its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the reinstatement.
Last July, the ailing 92-year-old Parks was ordered by a federal judge to testify about the emotional and mental distress she allegedly suffered. In August, Parks asked her doctor to go ahead and open up her medical file to show the judge she was unable to appear in court. The judge ruled the case would continue despite Parks' deteriorating condition.
The prospect of a coming trial expedited the two sides hammering out a deal.
While Sony BMG will not remove the track from future versions of Aquemini, the company did agree to produce a Parks tribute disc.
In addition, OutKast will collaborate on an educational television program about Parks' life and legacy that will be distributed on DVDs to thousands of public schools nationwide.
Futher terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Beck told AP Thursday that more details regarding the CD and the television show program "will be worked out in the months ahead."
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