Diddy to appeal Notorious Big ruling

Bad Boy Entertainment mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs has launched an appeal against the sales ban imposed on Notorious Big's breakthrough album 'Ready to die'.

On Friday, a jury decided the late rapper's title track features an illegal sample of the Ohio Players' 1992 song 'Singing in the morning', and US District Judge Todd Campbell awarded $4.2m (€3.6m) in damages to Bridgeport Music and Westbound Records.

The sales ban imposed in a Nashville, Tennessee, courthouse not only covers shops, but also internet downloads and radio play.

However, lawyers representing Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment are confident their appeal will overturn the original ruling.

A spokesperson tells AllHipHop.com: "The verdict was erroneous and against the great weight of the evidence.

"We are very confident that it will be reversed on appeal."