Megan Thee Stallion, an American rapper, sued her record label 1501 Certified Entertainment for $1 million in damages. The singer, who has been suing the label since February, is demanding royalties for her 2021 release, Something for Thee Hotties. Megan Thee Stallion claims in her updated case that 1501 owes her for “underpayment of royalties.”
The label is also “wrong” [allowed] because excessive marketing and advertising costs are deducted from the amount owed to Megan under the record contract,” the complaint states. Megan sued the label in early February over disagreements over what constitutes an album.
Megan Thea Stallion’s updated complaint also alleges 1501 of copyright infringement, noting that Traumazine was leaked shortly after it received a link to the project prior to its release. The firm, on the other hand, rejected this claim, arguing that Megan’s loss of earnings would also result in the firm experiencing a loss.
J Prince is backing 1501 trademark CEO Carl Crawford in his lawsuit against Megan Thea Stallion.
Rap-A-Lot Records founder J Prince has now publicly endorsed 1501 CEO Carl Crawford. He took to Instagram to criticize Megan Thee Staliion and her agency Roc Nation. The Prince shared a selfie with Carl Crawford. He said in a statement:
“For years, we watched in silence as MTS and its Roc Nation management lied about Carl Crawford and his 1501 brand. Carl founded, founded, and fully funded MTS early on, leading to a life-changing distribution partnership with 300 Entertainment.”
The Prince went on to say:
“From the very beginning, long before MTS became a household brand, 1501 graciously decided to pay Megan 40% of their PROFIT, much higher than the usual record fee a new artist receives. from a record company.”
Then he said:
“Any attempt by MTS or RN to portray a contract giving an anonymous new artist 40% of its PROFIT as unreasonable or unfair is completely untrue and contrary to practice or music industry standards.” Indeed, we looked at many RN contracts, and RN pays their new artists a typical fee significantly less than the 40% PROFIT that 1501 promised Megan would bring.
Megan Thee Stallion announced she is completing her contract with 1501 Records with her next album Traumazine.
On August 22, Megan Thee Stallion asked a Texas court to rule that her upcoming album Traumazine fulfills her contract with 1501 Certified Entertainment. Her updated lawsuit asks Houston-based 1501 for $1 million in damages. She claims the agency has strangled her career and taken advantage of her, which Prince denies.
“Someth for Thee Hotties meets the definition of ‘Album’ under a record contract because it is no shorter than forty-five (45) minutes,” Megan’s attorney argued. According to Megan’s attorney, Megan’s only contractual criterion for determining what defines an album is that it must be 45 minutes or longer.
1501 Certified Entertainment sued the musician, alleging that she owes them millions of dollars under a contract dating back to 2018. According to the complaint, Something for Thee Hotties cannot qualify as an album because it includes previously released songs. Megan would be released from her contractual obligations until 1501 if the court ruled in her favor. The singer will have the right to leave the record company according to the terms of the record contract she signed in 2018.
According to Steven Zager, 1501 Certified Entertainment’s legal representative, the company is currently deciding whether Traumazine can be considered an album. Zager argued that even if Traumazine were to qualify, Megan would still need to complete at least one more complete job to meet her contract.
Previous lawsuits against Megan Thea Stallion allege that her record company refused to allow her to release new songs.
Megan sued record label 1501 and J Prince. Earlier in March 2020, the songwriter filed a lawsuit against 1501 Certified Entertainment and J. Prince, alleging that they prevented her from releasing new songs because she wanted to renegotiate what she felt was an unfair contract she signed when she first started.
The artist said in Instagram Live:
“When I signed, I didn’t know what was in my contract.” I was in my twenties. I’m about 20 years old. I don’t know anything about the deal. So when I joined Roc Nation, I had real management rights. I hired real lawyers, and they said, ‘Do you realize that in your contract?'”
It’s funny that this guy keeps turning his back on the internet and talking like he’s forcing me… do you guys write songs for me? Would you stay with me in my bedroom to record me rapping? What’s with the rapping outside my mom’s car? Do you mean the codes?? I do not even know you
– TINA Snow (@theestallion) August 24, 2022
She then explains why she’s not allowed to release new music:
“It’s basically a hunger game.” It’s basically just greed. I didn’t try to get rid of the mark. I’m not trying to avoid giving money to someone they believe they have a right to. “All I want is to renegotiate some things.”
Crawford has previously denied the allegations. Megan Thee Stallion denied the allegation in February of this year.
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