TicTac has landed a huge windfall after winning his court case against the shopping giant Melcom to the tune of Ghc 300,000.
The Accra High Court hearing the case gave its judgement Friday, ruling that Melcom indeed illegally used the rapper’s image when he had no contract with them and thus have to pay him compensation.
As can be recalled, TicTac sued the company  last year after complaining they were using his image on billboards to advertise when his endorsement deal with them had expired far back in 2011.
In court documents filed by his lawyer Gary Nimako at the High Court in July 2016, Tic Tac said he had a contract with Melcom from 2009 till 2011 as a brand ambassador, a deal that expired on May 31, 2011.
Yet the singer said as recently as May 2016, he spotted a billboard around Tema sporting his image promoting the Melcom brand. He thus took shots of the billboard as evidence, and then directed his attorney to write to Melcom, asking them to remove the billboards and compensate him for the continued use of his image.
According to him, whilst Melcom admitted forgetting to bring down the billboards, they refused to pay any compensation, leading the artist to seek recourse in the law court.
He demanded Ghc 500,000 in compensation, but was granted Ghc 300,000 by the presiding judge in his final judgement.