The dispute between the rap artist and the record company concerns contractual obligations.
The rap artist known for his hits WAP and Sweetest Pie has been arguing with his record company for a long time. PDO
American rap artist Megan Thee Stallion’s legal dispute against the 1501 Certified record company, who also performed at Ruisrock this summer, continues.
The dispute between the artist and the record company, which has lasted for two years, concerns the fulfillment of the contractual obligation and how many albums the artist has released.
Megan Thee Stallion, real name Ruth Pete by Megan Jovo has filed a lawsuit asking for the right to state what appeared in 2021 Something For Thee Hotties –release as an album after it was found to be a mixtape.
According to the record company, the release does not meet the requirements for a studio album.
A mixtape generally refers to a collection of previously released music. In the hip-hop genre, it often means a numerically large collection, which includes, for example, remix songs, mash-ups and backgrounds borrowed from other artists. In this case, they cannot always be sold on like a normal album.
In the same lawsuit, Megan Stee Stallion also demands a million dollars in damages from the record company. According to him, they consist of the record company’s royalty payments being too low and the fact that they excessively deducted marketing and sales promotion fees from the rap artist’s earnings.
Also published by the artist this year Traumazinealbum is under review by the record company. 1501 Certified Entertainment representative by Steven Zager even if the album in question was classified as an album, Megan Thee Stallion would still owe the label one album to fulfill her contract.
According to the lawsuit, Megan Thee Stallion and her legal team believe that the record company wants to keep the artist in the contract longer in order to benefit financially.
Record deals are usually made with an agreement on how many albums an artist will release before they can negotiate a new deal or change labels.
The legal proceedings will probably only take place in May 2023, but according to Zager, the artist and the record company are about to meet in October.