Megan Thee Stallion ramps up label dispute, demands a million dollars in damages

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Megan Thee Stallion took to Instagram on Monday with a message for her 29.7 million followers.While posing in a sexy, multicolored catsuit with crisscross cutouts at the chest she bragged: 'Big natural t---.'The outspoken rapper, 27, uploaded multiple videos online as she showed off her bold style.  Statement: Megan Thee Stallion took to Instagram on Monday with a message for her 29.7 million followers The one-piece outfit clung to her voluptuous curves and bared her skin in several areas.At the center of the getup was a large opening that revealed her busty cleavage, which she proudly touted as 'natural.'  Additionally, a bit of her toned and flat stomach was exposed in the number, which was long-sleeved with an off-the-shoulder design.The outfit had pink, green, and blue ombre colors going vertically throughout the entirety of the fabric.

Megan Thee Stallion are trying to force Warner Music Group (WMG) to share information that they think would reveal who leaked her latest album ‘Traumazine‘.WMG owns the rapper’s distributor, 300 Entertainment, and according to Stallion’s legal filing is “one of the few companies that received a copy of ‘Traumazine’ in advance of its formal release”. Her legal team, however, is not accusing WMG itself of the leak.Stallion, whose real name is Megan Pete, asked her lawyers to file paperwork in a Houston court last Monday (August 22).

As she ramps up her legal battle with her label 1501 Certified Entertainment, Megan Thee Stallion has asked a court to force Warner Music to release documents that might reveal who leaked her latest album ‘Traumazine’.In an updated lawsuit last week, the rapper – real name Megan Pete – accused 1501 of leaking the album in early August, forcing her to fast track its release. The leak, the lawsuit says, “occurred within only a few days” of the album being sent to 1501, meanwhile the label has “not taken any action to help investigate” what happened.Warner Music is the distributor of the new album via its 300 Entertainment division, and – the new filing confirms – “was one of the few companies that received a copy of ‘Traumazine’ in advance of its formal release”.

Megan Thee Stallion took to social media on Tuesday with a series of tweets after J  Prince showed his support for Carl Crawford amid the legal battle between the songstress and Crawford's label, 1501 Certified Entertainment.J Prince, 57, took to Instagram on Tuesday stating that Megan and her management team at Roc Nation had 'lied about Carl Crawford and his 1501 label.'Prince said that Crawford 'discovered, developed and fully financed MTS early in her career which led to a life changing distribution agreement for her with 300 Entertainment.' The latest: Megan Thee Stallion, 27, took to social media Tuesday with a series of tweets after J  Prince showed his support for Carl Crawford amid the legal battle between the songstress and Crawford's label, 1501 Certified Entertainment. She was snapped earlier this month in NYC He noted that 'long before MTS was a household name,' Crawford's label 'generously agreed to give Megan 40% of its PROFITS,' which he called 'substantially more than the customary record royalty that a new artist receives from a record label.'The record executive said that the notion the contract terms are 'unconscionable or unfair is blatantly false and contrary to the customs or norms in the music industry,' adding that Roc Nation pays its new artists 'significantly less' than the royalty percentage in her agreement.

Thania Garcia On the heels of the release of her sophomore album, “Traumazine,” Megan Thee Stallion’s ongoing legal battle with Carl Crawford’s indie label 1501 Certified Entertainment continues. An amended complaint obtained by Variety and filed on behalf of Megan (real name Megan Pete) reveals that in addition to asking Harris County district court to determine that her 2021 release “Something for Thee Hotties” is an “album” as defined in her recording agreement, Megan is also requesting $1 million in damages from the label. In the complaint, Megan alleges that 1501 owes the amount due to their “underpayment of royalties” and for “wrongfully [allowing] for excessive marketing and promotion charges to be deducted from amounts owed to Pete under the recording agreement.”

Earlier this year Megan Thee Stallion took legal action against her label 1501 Certified Entertainment, LLC over the legal definition of an album as she seeks to exit their deal. As Rolling Stone reports, she has now amended the complaint and is seeking $1million in damages.

Megan Thee Stallion has updated her complaint against her record label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, seeking at least $1million in damages and asking a Texas court to end her contractual relationship with them.In an amended complaint filed late last week, Megan – real name Megan Pete – asked a Harris County judge to rule that her new album ‘Traumazine’ and last year’s ‘Something For Thee Hotties’ both constitute “album[s]” as defined in her agreement with 1501.If successful, it would mean the rapper would have “satisfied all option periods” in her 2018 contract with the label, releasing her from it. The amended complaint is the latest in Megan’s lengthy legal conflict with 1501, and is an elevation of a lawsuit the rapper filed against her label earlier this year.In February, Megan filed a complaint in Harris County District Court, seeking a declaration that her 2021 release ‘Something For Thee Hotties’ constituted an album under the rapper’s contract with 1501 – something the label disagreed with following its release.

Meg Thee Stallion kept her Instagram audience engaged on Sunday as she uploaded photos from her Summer Sonic Festival show.The 27-year-old rapper took a fashion cue from the anime cartoon Sailor Moon as she dressed in a blue, red, and white schoolgirl uniform.The music sensation wore her hair in space buns and voluminous curls for her set in Osaka, Japan on Saturday. New post: Meg Thee Stallion kept her Instagram audience engaged on Sunday as she uploaded photos from her Summer Sonic Festival showMeg, who was born Megan Pete, was clad in a strapless white corset with a navy collar that was trimmed in white stripes and secured with a large red bow in the front.Like the famous character Usagi Tsukino, the music artist teamed the upper half of her outfit with a pleated mini skirt.