The Hip-Hop star and international celeb, Jay-Z is being sued for plagiarism, with author Patrick White claiming the 42-Year old rapper stole portions of white writing and used them in his own memoir, decoded. In a case filed on June 13 in Los Angeles, White accused the 42-Year old of plagiarism. The New York Daily News quoted while claiming in the handwritten Lawsuit. According to a report on inquisitr “ in 2009, my personal computer was compromised, resulting in my personal work to be used in Jay-Z`s book `Decoded` which was released in 2010. The book contains various expressions /colours/phrases which correlates to my work. After contacting or attempting to contact the co-author, I got no reply. White`s Lawsuit is not the first faced by the musician this year-in march, Jay-Z and Kanye West settled a copyright infringement lawsuit that alleged the men stole a sample of music for their song “Joy”. Decoded was released by the rapper in November 2010, and is a collection of lyrics and the story behind what they mean. The book attracted significant attention after Jay-Z teamed up with Search Engine Bing to create a Scavenger hunt that “hid all 305 pages in 200 locations that have been pivotal in his life. The grand prize for the first fan to decode the pages online was a lifetime two-person pass to every single Jay-Z show for the rest of their lives