PRINCE v. O'BRIEN


256 A.D.2d 208 (1998)

683 N.Y.S.2d 504

MARVIN PRINCE, Appellant-Respondent, v. DARRIN O'BRIEN, Respondent-Appellant, et al., Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided December 22, 1998.


Plaintiff Marvin Prince and defendant Darrin O'Brien became friends in 1988 when they were both living in Toronto. Plaintiff, a Jamaican native, helped defendant refine his reggae singing ability and knowledge of Jamaican dialect. At plaintiff's instigation, the two began conducting practice sessions in plaintiff's basement for several hours a day, with defendant singing and plaintiff performing accompaniment by "scratching" (manipulating records on a turntable). Plaintiff...

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