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– Megan Thee Stallion agreed in October to settle a very long-operating legal fight against her former record label history label, 1501 Accredited Enjoyment. The deal arrived soon after a lot more than a few years of bitter litigation stemming from her accusation that 1501 duped the younger artist into signing an unfair report deal in 2018 that was perfectly below sector expectations. That cleared the way for her to signal a distribution deal with Warner Audio in December.
– Kesha and Dr. Luke achieved a settlement in June to close a decade-extended lawsuit accusing the pop star of defaming him in 2014 when she accused him of raping her in 2005. The settlement arrived on the eve of demo — and just a week just after a New York courtroom issued a key ruling that would have built it more difficult for Dr. Luke to earn the situation.
– DJ Envy, the host of the well known Breakfast Club hip-hop radio show, was sued about the summer season by dozens of buyers who claimed he was complicit in an alleged multi-million-dollar serious estate financial investment fraud in New Jersey perpetrated by movie star genuine estate guru Cesar Pina. Envy denied the allegations and stated he way too was a target of the fraud. But when federal prosecutors indicted Pina in October for running a “Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme,” they specially famous that Pina had “partnered with a celeb disc jockey and radio personality” to raise his reputation.
– New state guidelines proscribing drag performances had been struck down as unconstitutional, to start with in Tennessee, then in Florida, and at last in Texas, each individual time on the grounds that they likely violate liberty of speech. This sort of statutes are nominally aimed at shielding small children from obscenity, but critics say present regulations already do that and that the new laws is rather a thinly veiled assault on the LGBTQ local community. The new legislation have been closely viewed by the new music business around fears that elements of concert events could run afoul of wide new restrictions.
– Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in jail in August for capturing Megan Thee Stallion in the foot all through an argument, capping off three a long time of authorized drama about the violent 2020 incident. The sentence arrived right after Lanez was convicted on a few felony counts at trial, a verdict that the singer is at present desirable.
– The two key remaining users of Journey — direct guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Jonathan Cain — battled in court above again-and-forth accusations related to band finances and a corporate American Convey card. The lawsuit was just the tip of the iceberg when it arrives to Journey’s internal dysfunction and authorized issues, as detailed by Billboard’s Steve Knopper.
– A non-public feud between longtime customers of the famous rock band Mötley Crüe burst into public perspective in April when co-founder Mick Mars submitted a lawsuit accusing his former “brothers” of tossing him to the curb immediately after he reported he could no lengthier tour owing to a “tragic” incapacity called ankylosing spondylitis. The relaxation of Crüe, on the other hand, states they supplied Mars “generous compensation” as a courtesy, but that he as an alternative selected to file an “ugly public lawsuit.”
