After more than a decade of legal drama, Jay-Z’s paternity case has officially been dismissed. The lawsuit, filed by 30-year-old Rymir Satterthwaite, alleged that the rap icon fathered him during a relationship with his late mother, Wanda Satterthwaite, in the 1990s. According to Page Six, the court granted Jay-Z’s motion to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning it cannot be reopened or re-filed in the future. The decision effectively ends years of speculation and courtroom battles over the claim.

The case dates back to 2014 when Rymir first filed a civil suit in New Jersey after his mother’s earlier child support case was dismissed. In 2023, he reignited his claims, requesting that Jay-Z submit to a DNA test, vowing not to stop until “justice is served.” However, by July of this year, Rymir announced on social media that he had withdrawn the federal case, suggesting that “things were going on behind closed doors” but insisting that his fight was not over. Jay-Z’s legal team maintained that the allegations were baseless and had been “rejected in multiple courts,” calling Rymir’s repeated filings a form of “harassment.”



Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, argued that Rymir had no legal right to continue filing new claims due to an existing court injunction in New Jersey. His attorneys also noted that another man had already been confirmed and ordered to pay child support as Rymir’s legal father. Despite Rymir’s insistence that he was unaware of any such injunction, the recent ruling closes the case permanently. With the dismissal, Jay-Z can now put the long-running paternity dispute behind him as he continues his business and music ventures.