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Megan Thee Stallion Makes $1Million Demand From Label

By Oreoritse Tariemi

23 August 2022   |   10:37 am

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Megan Thee Stallion has taken her record label 1501 Certified Entertainment to court demanding $1million. People magazine reports that the Grammy Award winning artist requested the amount as relief from her label noting that her last two albums "Something for Thee Hotties" and "Traumazine" fulfilled the requirements of her contract, which she described as "unconscionable." The complaint…

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 27: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Megan Thee Stallion attends the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, which was broadcast live on FOX on May 27, 2021. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

Megan Thee Stallion has taken her record label 1501 Certified Entertainment to court demanding $1million.

People magazine reports that the Grammy Award winning artist requested the amount as relief from her label noting that her last two albums “Something for Thee Hotties” and “Traumazine” fulfilled the requirements of her contract, which she described as “unconscionable.”

The complaint reads “over the past two (2) years, Pete and 1501 shared a long and tortured history of disputes with each other concerning Pete’s recording agreement, including the unconscionability of the agreement in its original form, as well as disputes concerning the release of Pete’s music.”

“The two have been able to resolve some of the disputes through the issuance of multiple temporary restraining orders against Defendants from this Court.”

It continues, “but a new dispute has arisen requiring further assistance from the Court.”

The filing also claims that the labels argument that “Something for Thee Hotties” did not meet the definition of an “album” and “does not satisfy her ‘Minimum Recording Commitment’ “does not hold ground.

“1501’s new position, taken months after the album’s release, is clearly a ruse in an effort to try to take further advantage of Pete, at great expense and in bad faith,” the complaint continued.

While Megan The Stallion’s attorney’s are yet to comment on the case, Steven M. Zager, partner at King & Spalding LLP and attorney for 1501, said “our belief is she owes us one more album, at least.”

He also claimed that “Something for Thee Hotties” did not meet their criteria of an album, as it featured archival material and spoken word, as well as being released too soon since her previous 2020 debut album Good News.

“We’re evaluating “Traumazine,” he says. “But there’s no way Something for Thee Hotties qualifies as an album as that term is defined under her recording commitment in her various contracts with 1501.”

“So, for a host of reasons, we feel that our position is justified and based on the contracts. We’ve tried to work with Megan, and we want Megan to be successful.”

In 2020, Megan filed a lawsuit against 1501 claiming that the label prevented her from releasing new music after she tried renegotiate her contract.