American rapper Eminem will donate money he receives from the National Party to hurricane relief efforts.

Eminem will donate the money he won in court from the National Party.

A representative for Eminem told Variety the US rapper had not been involved with the lawsuit and would donate the up to $700,000 he could receive to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

The National Party ended up in court after using a track called Eminem Esque​ in its 2014 election campaign ads. The track, lawyers for Eminem's publisher argued, was a rip off of his song Lose Yourself. On Wednesday, Justice Helen Cull ordered the National Party to pay $600,000, plus an expected $100,000 in interest, for using the "soundalike" version of Eminem's "highly original" work.

MAARTEN HOLL/STUFF Joel Martin, of Detroit, principal of the company with copyright authority for Lose Yourself.

The rapper's copyright manager, Joel Martin told Stuff the money would be going mainly to Eminem himself. Early on Friday morning, the rapper announced he would donate it to hurricane relief efforts.

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"Eminem was not a party to this lawsuit nor was he consulted regarding the case," the spokesperson told Variety. "Any monetary settlement he receives from it will be donated to hurricane relief."

Lawyers for the rapper's publishing firm Eight Mile Style sought about $1.4 million in compensation when they launched legal action in September 2014. The damages awarded were not high by US standards.

The campaign ads were broadcast more than 100 times before they were replaced because of the copyright complaint.

Eminem was active in Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. He partnered with e-commerce firm StockX to set up a new fundraising effort benefiting those impacted in Houston and the victims of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean and Florida. He earlier promised to match donations of fans up to US $250,000.



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