A judge has halted sales of Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die album because one of its songs was found to use a part of the Ohio Players' song "Singing in the Morning" without permission. The late rapper is the cornerstone of Bad Boy Entertainment, the sliding label run by jack-of-all-trades celebrity Sean Combs. Warner Music Group paid $30 million for half of Bad Boy, an amount that comes mainly from the value of Notorious B.I.G.'s catalog and not the label's recent sales history and (lack of) success in developing new talent.

Related: Combs discovery Fonzworth Bentley won't be releasing his album on Bad Boy, reports Fox News' Roger Friedman, although the label could use a hit or four. Fonzworth's record will be released by Kanye West's Sony BMG-distributed GOOD Music. West and Andre 3000 of Outkast are guests on the album, which is slated for a June release.

Somewhat related: Los Angeles police detectives are again looking at the unsolved case of Notorious B.I.G.'s 1997 murder.