Megan Thee Stallion‘s document label has countersued the rapper after she filed a lawsuit claiming that they refused to acknowledge her latest ‘One thing For Thee Hotties’ document as an album.
Megan – whose actual title is Megan Pete – filed a grievance in Harris County District Court docket final month, “looking for a declaration that her album, ‘One thing for Thee Hotties’ constituted an ‘Album’ as outlined within the events’ recording settlement”.
The document was launched on October 29, 2021. In accordance with the grievance, 1501 knowledgeable the rapper on January 5, over two months after the discharge of ‘One thing For Thee Hotties’, that it didn’t think about it an “album” underneath her recording contract.
However the label has now countersued saying the document was nothing greater than a compilation of previous, previously-released materials.
In accordance with courtroom paperwork, obtained by Rolling Stone, the label says the document is “made up of 21 recordings and consists of spoken interlude recordings on which MTS doesn’t seem in addition to a number of previously-released recordings.”
The label additionally claims that the rapper solely seems on 29 minutes of latest recordings and it claims that her contract dictates that “she should embody at the least 12 new grasp recordings of her studio performances of beforehand unreleased musical compositions” to get credit score for an album underneath contract.
Megan’s attorneys beforehand said that 1501’s solely requirement for one thing to be thought-about an “album” of their settlement with the rapper is {that a} launch is over 45 minutes in size.
Her lawyer Brad Hancock has right now (March 21) responded to 1501’s lawsuit, telling TMZ: “That is yet one more absurd try by 1501 to ignore Megan’s album and squeeze extra money and extra free work out of her for so long as attainable. We are going to ask the courtroom to guard Megan from this kind of abuse.”
First the person over my label mentioned I don’t make him any cash … now he counter suing making an attempt to maintain me on his label as a result of he desires to earn more money lol if I ain’t making you no cash why not simply drop me?
— TINA SNOW (@theestallion) March 21, 2022
My attorneys requested him for an expense report(cash 1501 supposedly has spent on ME)… why this grown ass man put his jewellery and chains on there… lord free me from this joke ass label
— TINA SNOW (@theestallion) March 21, 2022
This night, the rapper additionally took to Twitter to make a sequence of feedback.
“First the person over my label mentioned I don’t make him any cash … now he counter suing making an attempt to maintain me on his label as a result of he desires to earn more money lol if I ain’t making you no cash why not simply drop me?” she wrote.
“I select to not say nothing again abt courtroom and tackle shit on-line however im getting bored with being painted the BAD GUY 2/47 the final lady on 1501 mad at this man too!”
NME has contacted 1501 for remark.