R&B singer The Weeknd wants some respek and protection placed on his name. The crooner has reportedly filed documents to block a person’s attempt of trademarking his “Starboy” alias.
According to reports, Weeknd is going head to head with a man named Eymun Talasazan who has a knack of trying to trademark popular names.
According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Eymun is just trying to hitch his star to Abel’s success — which is why he filed his “Starboy” trademark, for use on TV projects, AFTER Weeknd’s 2016 hit single and album by the same name. And get this … 11 days after Weeknd and Marvel Comics announced a “Starboy” comic book — Eymun filed another trademark for comic books. Abel’s lawyers say the guy’s M.O. is clear — he’s previously filed perfectly timed trademarks for “Straight Outta Bombton” and “Runnin’ Through the 6” … riding the coattails of the NWA movie and Drake. (TMZ)
Earlier in the week, Migos’ Offset saluted Weeknd’s new My Dear Melancholy album release.
A few hours prior, NBA superstar LeBron James shared footage of himself turning up to the new Friday release.
If you needed any other reason to mess with @theweekndβs new #MyDearMelancholy album then just watch πΈ @KingJames turn up! πΆ pic.twitter.com/Mr9lZ7S1ro
— SOHH (@sohh) March 30, 2018
Heading into the weekend, The Weeknd released a couple new music videos exclusively through streaming giant Spotify.
Watch @theweekndβs βTry Meβ video streaming exclusively in our Are & Be playlist π https://t.co/kUPsQUJKZ2 #MyDearMelancholy pic.twitter.com/rHSDEtDGnZ
— Spotify (@Spotify) March 30, 2018
…and the video for "Call Out My Name" π https://t.co/kUPsQV1mnC pic.twitter.com/EV8Wl7hb7Z
— Spotify (@Spotify) March 30, 2018
So his hustle is to be a leech? … just like everybody else?