Ghostface Killah Loses "Iron Man Theme" Lawsuit After He Doesn’t Show Up, Goes Missing

Back in 2011, Ghostface Killah (aka Dennis Coles) was sued by composer Jack Urbont over his Supreme Clientele sampling of “The Iron Man Theme”, which appeared in “The Marvel Super Heroes”, a cartoon show that ran in the 1960s. Now, a judge has ruled in favor of Urbont after repeated attempts to reach Coles proved futile, as The Hollywood Reporter reports. 

The gist of it is that Ghostface just disappeared. First, Urbont tried to use a private investigator to find him, but wasn’t able to. Then, as The Hollywood Reporter reports, “The judge permitted Urbont to serve Coles via a publication notice.” But Ghostface’s lawyer asked to be removed from the case, saying “he hadn’t been paid and that his client refused to communicate with him.”

Coles then missed a deadline to find a new lawyer, failed to show up to a deposition, and failed to respond to multiple attempts to reschedule a deposition.

After that, Urbont sought a default judgment, along with fees and expenses, which the judge awarded him last week. (In layman’s terms: A default judgment means you won because the other side failed to show up.)

All that being said… it doesn’t seem too difficult to find Ghostface.

As for how much that settlement will be, well, then it gets complicated. The Hollywood Reporter outlines the issues at stake involving copyright law.

Gardner also points out a quote Coles gave to Grantland about the lawsuit in 2012. “I think it’s an old man. I think they woke this dude up or something. He ain’t Stan Lee or anything but I guess he’s somebody because he ain’t stopping,” he said. “It’s like, [why] you coming to me? Go to Sony man, don’t come at me. But that’s what it is. This, this is the game, man. Everybody out for they bread, whatever they could see, they tryna get it.”

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