Jay Z

FILE – In this Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 file image taken from video, rapper and entrepreneur Jay Z appears outside of court in Los Angeles. The rapper says he believes he has a valid license to use the Arabic music featured on his 1999 hit “Big Pimpin’” that is now the subject of a copyright infringement trial. The rap superstar told a federal jury, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, that he has never asked music producer Timbaland about the origins of the music, which includes elements of the 1957 Egyptian hit song “Khosara Khosara.” (AP Photo/Rick Taber, File)