Back in 2015, Priscilla Rainey sued The Game after he allegedly sexually assaulted her during a taping of his reality show. The Game denied all of the allegations although he refused to take the trial seriously. This led to a $7 million judgment awarded to Rainey back in 2016. Over the past few years, The Game has been fighting for an appeal although the judge’s original judgment was upheld. Despite this, The Game has been adamant that he won’t pay Rainey a cent.

Well, it looks like that is about to change as Judge Virginia A. Phillips has now granted Rainey the rights to all of the royalties from The Game’s latest album, Born 2 Rap. In fact, Rainey now has control of his independent label L.A. Prolific and all of the profits that would have gone The Game’s way. The woman can even take control of the salary The Game paid himself from the release of the album.

This is a sticky situation for The Game as he is not allowed to defy the judge’s orders. If he does so, he will be held in contempt of court which could lead to some harsh penalties. Either way, this is a huge loss for the California artist.

Stay tuned for updates on this situation as we will be sure to bring them to you.

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Megan Thee Stallion continues to secure wins in her legal battle against her former label, 1501 Certified Entertainment. This time, the Hot Girl’s case against the label for fraud has been ruled to head to trial, after the judge denied 1501 CEO Carl Crawford’s request to settle the lawsuit in private arbitration. Crawford initially filed the motion arguing that Megan had forfeited her right to settle any legal dispute that may arise between herself and the label when she signed her record contract. However, Megan is arguing for the “unconscionable” nature of the contract in the first place, claiming that the language in the document is too vague to be enforced in any manner. The judge agreed and denied Crawford’s motion, as well as his separate motion to stay the case. Their legal battle will now be heading to pubic trial.

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Megan initially filed the lawsuit against 1501 for allegedly coercing her into signing the aforementioned contract, and subsequently threatening and harassing her after she signed a management deal with Roc Nation. She also accused them of intentionally preventing her from releasing new music and sabotaging her budding rap career. Megan was granted a temporary restraining order that was later extended, allowing her to release her most recent project, SUGA, in March. We’ll keep you posted on any new developments in this case.

While fans and colleagues were quick to rally behind Megan Thee Stallion after she revealed on Sunday (Mar. 1) that her record label has been blocking her from releasing new music, the force of the law intervening on her behalf has been a crucial development. TMZ has reported that Meg filed a $1 million lawsuit against her label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, and has been granted a temporary restraining order against them. The TRO prevents the label’s representatives from slandering the Houston rapper on social media and allows her to drop new music, as she wishes, this Friday (Mar. 6).

A district judge in Harris County Texas was sympathetic to Meg’s claim that she should be protected from her label’s “bullying and strong-armed tactics.” According to the lawsuit, 1501’s label head, Carl Crawford, leverages his connections to Rap-A-Lot Records founder, J. Prince, to carry out his intimidation tactics. J. Prince has been a powerful and respected figure in the Houston hip hop landscape for decades. An example cited in the suit of Crawford benefiting from J. Prince’s imposing stature is Crawford pressuring a producer to hand over beats by warning that Prince would be pissed if not. Megan states, “Prince is notorious in the industry for strong-armed intimidation tactics, and the comment was taken as a physical threat of harm.”

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Furthermore, Meg suspects that Prince was involved in a smear campaign against her. Although he’s not listed as a defendant in the lawsuit, it’s suggested that Prince was responsible for the recent surfacing of Meg’s five-year-old mugshot. 

1501 was allegedly halting Meg’s output because she had requested to renegotiate her contract, which is described in the lawsuit as “purposefully and deceptively vague.” The lawsuit also reveals some staggering stipulations in her deal that she signed when she was 20. As reported by TMZ, the label is granted 60% of her recording income. The remaining 40% that goes to her is expected to cover costs of engineers, mixers and featured artists who work on her songs. Given this arrangement, one would assume that Meg relies on touring to pay the bills, but her contract requires that the fees for her performances are paid directly to the label. Therefore, who knows if she has been getting her deserved cut? 

#FREEMEGANTHEESTALLION.