Megan Thee Stallion, an American rapper, has sued her record label 1501 Certified Entertainment for $1 million in damages. The singer, who has been battling the label in court since February, was seeking royalties for her 2021 release, Something for Thee Hotties. Megan Thee Stallion claims in her updated case that 1501 owes her money for “underpayment of royalties.”
The label also “wrong [allowed] for excessive marketing and promotional expenses to be deducted from amounts owed to Megan under the recording contract,” the complaint states. Megan sued the label earlier in February over a disagreement over what constitutes an album.
Megan Thea Stallion’s updated complaint also accuses 1501 of piracy, noting that Traumazine was leaked shortly after the label received a link to the project prior to its release. The label, on the other hand, rejected the claim, arguing that the loss of Megan’s earnings would also result in a loss for the label.
J Prince is backing 1501 label 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 slam Megan Thee Staliion and her management company Roc Nation. Prince shared a selfie with Carl Crawford. He said in a statement:
“For years, we watched silently as MTS and its Roc Nation management lied about Carl Crawford and his label 1501. Early in her career, Carl found, created and fully funded MTS, which resulted in 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 PROFITS, which is much more than the usual recording fee a new artist receives from a record label.”
Then he said:
“Any attempt by MTS or RN to portray a contract that gives a new unknown artist 40% of the label’s PROFITS as unreasonable or unfair is categorically untrue and contrary to music industry practices or standards.” Indeed, we have reviewed multiple RN contracts, and RN pays its new artists a customary fee that is significantly lower than the 40% PROFIT that 1501 promised to give Megan.”
Megan Thee Stallion claims she is fulfilling 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 seeks $1 million in damages from Houston-based label 1501. She claims the label stifled her career and took advantage of her, which Prince denies.
“Someth for Thee Hotties meets the definition of an ‘Album’ under the recording contract as it is no shorter than forty-five (45) minutes,” Megan’s lawyer argued. According to Megan’s lawyers, the only criteria under Megan’s contract to determine what defines an album is that it is 45 minutes or longer.
1501 Certified Entertainment has already sued the musician, claiming she owes them millions under their contract dating back to 2018. According to the complaint, Something for Thee Hotties cannot qualify as an album since it consists of previously released songs. Megan will be released from her contractual obligations until 1501 if the court rules in her favor. The singer will have the right to leave the record company in accordance with the terms of the recording 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 qualifies, Megan will still need to complete at least one more complete job to satisfy her contract.
Previous lawsuits against Megan Thea Stallion alleged that her record company refused to allow her to release new songs.
Megan has a history of suing her record label 1501 and J Prince. Earlier in March 2020, the musician filed a lawsuit against 1501 Certified Entertainment and J. Prince, alleging that they prevented her from releasing new songs as she wanted to renegotiate what she felt was an unfair contract she signed early in her career.
The artist said during Instagram Live:
“When I signed, I had no idea what was in my contract.” I was in my twenties. I was about 20 years old. I don’t know anything about the deal. So when I joined Roc Nation, I got real management. I hired real lawyers, and they said, ‘Did you realize that’s in your contract?'”
The funny thing is that this man keeps going online with his back and talking like he made me… did you guys write my songs? Were you with me in my bedroom recording me rapping? What’s with that rapping outside my mom’s car? You mean the codes?? I don’t even know YOU
— TINA SNOW (@theestallion) August 24, 2022
She then explained why she wasn’t allowed to release new music:
“It’s basically a hunger game.” It’s basically just greed. I wasn’t trying to escape the label. I wasn’t trying to avoid giving someone money they believed they were entitled to. “All I wanted was to renegotiate some st.”
Crawford previously denied the allegations. Megan Thee Stallion denied the allegations in February of this year.
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