Posts tagged ‘lawsuit’

July 31, 2012

“Freeway” Ricky Ross Has Stopped Others From Confronting Rapper Rick Ross

The beef, Ricky Ross a drug kingpin feels that the rapper is using his name to succeed and get further in his career. He even took Ross to court over it in 2010, claiming copyright infringement , but lost.

Now in a recent interview Ricky Ross claims that he has had to stop Suge Knight and others from taking the issue further.

“It’s hard,” he said when asked how he keeps people from confronting Ross on the streets. “Trust me, these dudes in L.A. don’t like what he’s done…Even when I lost the lawsuit, three of the shot callers from the hood came to me and said, ‘Is it time yet?’ I was like, ‘Nah, man.’ I don’t want that. I don’t want nobody to do nothing to him. They want to put a no-fly zone on him, saying he can’t come to L.A.”

“Even Suge Knight came out. Suge stepped to me one day like, ‘Let me handle this.’ I was like, ‘Nah.’ It ain’t about that.”

March 18, 2012

Cash Money Records Sued For Not Paying Royalties

EMI is suing Cash Money for stopping quarterly payments they had agreed to make in 2009 as part of a settlement. Allegedly Cash Money owes EMI $491,000 for samples from EMI’s catalog.

“Because Defendant has ignored numerous communications from EMI regarding Defendant’s contractual obligations, EMI once more is being forced to commence a lawsuit against Defendant to recover royalty payments,” states the complaint. “The sales of Defendant’s products have far exceeded the payments that EMI has received.”

“It is clear from Defendant’s conduct that it has no intention of honoring the Agreement.”

It’s not new for Cash Money as they have had constant lawsuits over the past few years.