General Larry Platt Lawsuit
Mar 17, 2010 Rapper
General Larry Platt better get ready for war as he has been hit with a nasty lawsuit over the comedy song ‘Pants on the Ground’. A music company called American King Music claims that they funded the singer’s recent recording session with rapper/producer Mims for the official full-length version of the song. But in the suit, the company claims that Larry and his reps “failed to take care of Platt’s obligations” but didn’t specify what exactly those obligations are. American King is suing over the music distribution agreement and expenses related to producing, writing and recording of the song. Larry’s manager says that he never made a contract with American King though but the company thinks they’re entitled to 50% of the profits from the sale of the song on iTunes.
Tags: Comedy, General Larry Platt, iTunes, Lawsuit, Mims, Music, Rapper, Singer
Pink Floyd won their lawsuit
Mar 13, 2010 Will.I.Am
“Let us give Caesar what is already Caesar’s!” Otherwise he’s just going to show up and take it himself. This was the case with Pink Floyd too. It looks like EMI Group has been selling their songs as downloadable even though Pink Floyd’s contracts specifically state that the content from their albums is not to be unbundled from its original context. So Pink Floyd went ahead and sued EMI for the royalties and they won approximately sixty thousand pounds. This will not bode well for EMI however since they haven’t been faring so well financially. Maybe they can get will.i.am to rip off an obscure track from somebody and turn it into a money-maker… then they wouldn’t have these kinds of lawsuit problems.
Tags: EMI, Lawsuit, Pink Floyd, Progressive Rock, Will.I.Am
Lil Wayne Lawsuit
Feb 22, 2010 Lil Wayne, Ringtones, Video
No one should be surprised anymore when you hear the name Lil Wayne and the word lawsuit in the same sentence. The rapper is getting sued by record producer Darius Harrison for $2.5 million. It seems that the producer and The Royalty Network are claiming they’re owed the money in unpaid royalties. Darius claims that they own the rights for the use of ‘Mrs. Officer’ on Lil Wayne’s 2008 CD ‘Tha Carter III’ and say that they own the rights to any profits that the rapper made due to the sale of ring tones, music videos and such. It’s not the first lawsuit of its kind and when it comes to Lil Wayne, I doubt it would be the last.
Tags: Lawsuit, Lil Wayne, Music, Profits, Rapper, Ring Tones, Royalties, Videos
MC Hammer Lawsuit
Feb 18, 2010 Rapper
I wonder if Cash-4-Gold spokesman MC Hammer has extra cash lying around to pay off a lawsuit. The washed up rapper failed to follow through on a deal he had with the digital network communications firm PacketSwitch.com back in 2003, in which MC Hammer had agreed to “help market the company” with shares of the firm in return. PacketSwitch.com was reportedly awarded damages in 2003 but the rapper never paid up. MC Hammer claimed that the lawsuit was never delivered to him because the legal docs misspelled his last name. A US District Judge easily dismissed the claim and MC Hammer is finally being ordered to pay up.
Tags: Communications, Digital, Lawsuit, MC Hammer, Network, Rapper, US
Dr. Dre Lawsuit
Feb 16, 2010 Dr. Dre, Suge Knight
The war has been brewing for 14 years and now, Dr. Dre is finally ready to head out for battle. Sources are saying that the rapper is finally taking on Death Row Records with a lawsuit claiming that he has never seen a penny from his album ‘The Chronic’. He says that the stopped receiving money from the label once he left and that Death Row has been making a fortune by selling digital copies of ‘Chronic’, ‘Chronic Re-Lit’ and his greatest hits album without paying him anything. Now, Dr. Dre wants them to pay up. I find it quite interesting that he decides to sue the label when mogul Suge Knight is no longer on board.
Tags: Death Row Records, Digital, Dr. Dre, Lawsuit, Rapper, Suge Knight
Dr Arnold Klein files lawsuit against fellow Jacko doctor Steven Hoefflin
Feb 3, 2010 Drugs, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson’s former doctor has filed new legal papers in his battle with a fellow plastic surgeon.
Dr Arnold Klein (pictured) is suing Dr Steven Hoefflin for defamation over Hoefflin’s insinuation that Klein was responsible for the King Of Pop’s sudden death last June.
According to a report on TMZ.com Klein is “bewildered” over Hoefflin’s animosity towards him and his hinting that he was the source of the fatal dose of Propofol taken by Jackson.
Now in his latest legal papers, Klein claims: “It is not clear to me why Dr Hoefflin holds the malice for me that he manifested by stating publicly that I was instrumental in providing the medication that caused Michael Jackson’s death.”
Hoefflin – who along with Klein performed numerous procedures on Jackson – is trying to get Klein’s defamation case dismissed, arguing that Jackson’s death is a matter of public interest and Hoefflin’s comments are protected speech.
Tags: arnold klein, defamation, Doctor, Lawsuit, paperwork, Propofol, steven hoefflin
T.I. Lawsuit
Jan 29, 2010 T.I.
TI, who is currently in a halfway house after doing time for weapons possession, is being sued for copyright infringement. Rapper Motoe Blizzid is claiming that the legally troubled rapper used part of his 2004 song ‘Reverence’ in the TI hit track ‘What You Know’. Blizzid is alleging that the 2006 single has the “same rate of harmonic range” and that they have “nearly identical instrumental melodic lines in terms of pitch, shape and rhythm”. He is seeking damages and profits received from ‘What You Know’. While there are a lot of songs that sound alike, from what Blizzid is alleging, it seems like TI might have to pay up.
Tags: Copyright Infringement, Lawsuit, Motoe Blizzid, Pitch, Rapper, Rhythm, T.I.
Nas is getting dragged into court again
And who other could be doing the dragging than his former wife, Kelis. Of course she has very good reason too, or so she claims. It seems Nas has been refusing to pay child support since the 1st of December last year and he is almost 60 000 dollars behind on his payments. Maybe he’s had a bad last quarter, how come Kelis doesn’t cut Nas a bit of slack? After all, those child support sums are not to laugh at in regards to quantity. Could Kelis have overstepped the lifestyle a bit and now she finds herself unable to go on with it? But, that is for the judge to decide after all.
Tags: Child Support, Debt, Kelis, Lawsuit, Nas
Kid Cudi Kicked Off Tour
Dec 22, 2009 Concert, Concert Tour, Kid Cudi, Lady Gaga
If you have tickets to Lady Gaga’s The Monster Ball, you no longer have to worry about Kid Cudi’s fists flying at you as the rapper has suddenly been given the boot from the tour. Interscope Records confirmed that the rapper is no longer with the tour. However, they wouldn’t say if his removal was over the video that showed him punching a fan in the face while performing in Vancouver. I’m willing to bet that it’s the real reason for the boot. The fan that Kid Cudi hit said that he wouldn’t be pressing charges but I think being dropped from Lady Gaga’s tour is a lot worse than a lawsuit.
Tags: Interscope Records, Kid Cudi, Lady Gaga, Lawsuit, Rapper, Tour, Vancouver
Rolling Stone Member Busted
Dec 7, 2009 Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones band member Ron Wood was arrested last week for allegedly assaulting his 21-year old girlfriend. The 62-year old rock star was taken by police and held overnight in jail until he made bail the next morning. If you do the math, he and his girlfriend has a 41 year age difference. Geeze, he could pass as the girl’s freaking grandfather already! I’m surprised that he didn’t break a hip. Let’s get real people, the dude belongs in the Jurassic era. I just hope that his girlfriend is ok. Maybe we’ll get more details if the girl decides to file a lawsuit or something.
Tags: Band, Jurassic, Lawsuit, Rock, Rolling Stones, Ron Wood
Lil Kim is a No Show
Nov 16, 2009 Rapper
Lil Kim is allegedly one of the biggest flakes on the planet. It’s being said that the rapper bailed on 6 gigs after getting her $20,000 fee and then blamed it all on a nosebleed. Sources say that a company called Abstrakt Visions Entertainment paid her $20,000 up front to make 6 club appearances in London between November 7 to 14. Kim later said that she suffered a nosebleed in her hotel room the night before the first show then got a call from the rapper the next day saying that she’s heading back to the USA. Kim’s camp says that the nosebleed is true but the real reason she bailed was because the promoters had poor planning skills. They also say that the money will be used to cover travel expenses but she might want to invest in a lawyer as Abstrakt is planning to file a lawsuit.
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Gucci Mane goes to jail
Nov 15, 2009 Gucci Mane
Yet another rapper ends up serving his country well. It seems Gucci Mane found it fun to not stay within the terms of his probation after pleading guilty for assault back in 2005 and he has now been sentenced to twelve months in prison. Apparently, after the settlement in 2005, Gucci Mane worked long and hard on his music and managed to get out of the underground and come closer to the mainstream. What a dazzling performance… too bad Gucci Mane will again be spending a bit of time down under. Oh well, the art must go on regardless of what sacrifices must be made.
Tags: Gucci Mane, Hip Hop, Lawsuit, Prison, Probation
Lil Wayne gets sued
Nov 2, 2009 Hip Hop, Lil Wayne
No rest for the weary lawyers of Lil Wayne, it seems they just keep getting a new assignment every once in a while… just to keep the spice in their lives. This time, a man by the name of Thomas Marasciullo is suing Lil Wayne and Birdman because he claims they have used some recordings of his voice dating back to 2006 on their albums. What’s more interesting is that Thomas Marasciullo recently lost his job as a recording engineer with Cash Money Records whom he is also suing for the infringement. Well, when the well runs dry, suck the marrow from the rappers… Lil Wayne is probably going to get it all back eventually and as for Birdman… they probably have each other’s backs.
The Game VS Lawyers
The Game is in a serious feud with the lawyers who saved him from doing five years of hard time. The legal team who represented the rapper in the wake of his 2007 arrest on gun charges claim that The Game never forked over $34,683.90 in bills for the work that they did. In the lawsuit which was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the firm Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert claims that they even got the rapper a successful outcome. Since The Game was facing a potential five year sentence in state prison and only ended up serving eight days, you’d think he got his money’s worth.
Tags: Arrest, Lawsuit, Legal, Los Angeles, Prison, Rapper, Superior Court, The Game
Eminem’s Music Publishers Suing Apple
Eminem’s music publishers, Eight Mile Style LLC, are going after Apple Inc., claiming they “never authorized the use of 93 songs in a downloadable format on Apple’s popular iTunes service.” The two companies are expected to being a non-jury trial proceeding today but it’s unlikely that the rapper will appear. It’s unknown how much money is actually at stake but Eminem’s people are claiming that they’ve lost upwards of $2.5 million from iTunes download sales. Apple is denying the whole thing saying that they have a legal and viable contract with Aftermath Records, which controls the recordings in question. Eminem’s music publishers also filed a lawsuit against the label saying that they had no right to provide the songs.
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Tags: Aftermath Records, Apple, Eminem, iTunes, Lawsuit, Legal, Music, Rapper, Sales
Will.I.Am Gets Sued
Sep 24, 2009 Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Will.I.Am
Will.I.Am, Fergie and several others involved in the recording of the 2006 song ‘Voodoo Doll’ (off of the former meth addict’s solo album) are being sued by the music group Groundation. The group claims that the song “is substantially and strikingly similar” to their single ‘Each One Teach One’ which was recorded back in 2000. It’s not really surprising for someone who has been plagued by copyright scandals in the past. I just wish that the Black Eyed Peas rapper didn’t have to involve the female singer. The lawsuit is seeking for unspecified damages. They better get ready to pay up.
Tags: Addict, Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Groundation, Lawsuit, Music, Rapper, Singer, Will.I.Am
Method Man Expresses Remorse
Sep 11, 2009 Concert Tour, Method Man
Method Man recently admitted to brutally shooting someone in the leg with a BB gun. But ironically, the incident has nothing to do with the lady who happens to be suing him for an alleged air gun attack back in 2008. In a video for VladTV.com, the rapper says that he accidentally “shot one of [his] people in the leg with a f***ing BB” while he was holding target practice on his tour bus a while back. He said that the BB broke through his friend’s skin and that there was “blood gushing out his damn leg.” Method Man claims that he felt really bad about the accident and that he is still apologizing to the guy up to now. I’m pretty sure that the lady who’s suing him is looking for more than just an apology.
Tags: Air Gun, BB Gun, Lawsuit, Method Man, Rapper, Tour, Video
50 Cent Gets Sued
Aug 7, 2009 50 Cent, Concert Gig
50 Cent and his reps have pissed off a German promotional company. And now, they are all facing a lawsuit. The German company, Major Movez, claims that the William Morris Endeavor agency charged them $125,000 to negotiate a concert as a good faith gesture. If the concert were not to happen, the money would be returned to them, with no deductions. However, the concert did not take place and the money wasn’t returned. Now, the option that’s left is to go to court and have all the issues aired out. I wonder if this will turn out into an all out war like the rapper’s recent court battle with his ex-girlfriend.
Tags: 50, 50 Cent, Concert, German, Lawsuit, Rapper, William Morris Endeavor
Foxy Brown in Trouble with IRS
Jul 24, 2009 Foxy Brown
It seems that legal drama follows Foxy Brown wherever she goes. The sassy rapper has been slapped with a lawsuit from the IRS for failing to pay over $600,000 in back taxes. According to legal documents, Foxy failed to make tax payments from the years 2003 to 2006. The IRS has already brought the case to a New York court in order to collect the money they are owed from the rapper. If you remember, Foxy served 8 out of a 12 month sentence at Rikers early last year which stemmed from assault charges. You have to wonder where she’s going to get that much money fast.
Tags: Assault, Foxy Brown, IRS, Lawsuit, Legal, New York, Rapper, Rikers, Taxes
Tyler Perry taking kids in private club dispute to Walt Disney
Jul 21, 2009 Actors
Tyler Perry will try to make up for an alleged insult borne by a group of children at a Philadelphia day camp.
Perry said on his website on Sunday that he would send the Creative Steps campers on an all-expenses-paid trip to Walt Disney World in Florida.
“I want them to know that for every act of evil that a few people will throw at you, there are millions more who will do something kind for them,” Perry wrote.
Creative Steps, meanwhile, is planning to file a federal lawsuit against the Valley Swim Club in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, alleging breaches of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The club allegedly barred some 65 children from swimming in its pool after a visit in June.
The centre had contracted the pool during summer, but it now alleges the club cancelled and returned its cheque for $1,950 – with no explanation given.
Source: Splash News
Tags: Creative Steps, kids, Lawsuit, snub, Tyler Perry, Valley Swim Club, Walt Disney World