Former professional boxer Mitchell Rose is reportedly planning on filing an $88 million lawsuit against Jay-Z claiming that the Brooklyn rapper stole his rapping style.

Rose claims that he gave his demo tape to Jay-Z after the March 2001 fight between William Joppy and Felix Trinidad and that the rapper began using the whispering rap style he used on the demo tape. 

“I saw Jay-Z as we were leaving the arena after the fight, I gave him my tape, and asked him to listen to it”, Rose explained in a statement.  “He took the demo with him and shortly after that he began using the whispering (which he now frequents) in his songs.”

“I had previously trained some of my artists to use that style, but it quickly became obsolete after Jay-Z got a hold of it.  He used the whispering to enhance his music and financially benefit from it,” Rose continued.  “Jay-Z disregarded the fact that it was my demo where he got the style from as he went on to use it for his own personal gains, which is wrong”

Jay-Z's representatives have yet to comment on the suit.