Nicki Minaj to Pay Tracy Chapman $450,000 in Copyright Settlement The dispute was over the use of a sample of Chapman's "Baby Can I Hold You" on the 2018 song "Sorry" Share this article: CREDIT: Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images, Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Sundance Film Festival Nicki Minaj will pay Tracy Chapman $450,000 to settle the copyright infringement claims over the tune “Sorry,” which sampled Chapman’s 1988 single “Baby Can I Hold You” without authorization. According to The Hollywood Reporter, documents became public in California federal court on Thursday (Jan. 7) showing that Chapman accepted Minaj’s offer of judgment in the lawsuit on Dec. 30, 2020, and the case will not go to trial, which was set to take place on March 2.