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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Christelle May Napiza

Jay-Z Paternity Battle Escalates as Alleged Son Claims Court Files Were Sealed To Hide Minor Mother

Jay-Z paternity battle escalates as alleged son claims court files were sealed to hide minor mother (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

A decade-long paternity dispute involving hip-hop mogul Jay-Z has resurfaced, with the man who claims to be his biological son alleging that sealed court records were used to obscure the age of his late mother at the time of conception.

Rymir Satterthwaite, 30, has spent more than ten years insisting that Shawn Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, is his father. Carter has consistently and firmly denied the claim. The dispute has now moved beyond paternity itself and into a bitter fight over legal fees, sealed filings and an appeal that Satterthwaite says will finally force the records into the open.

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