It is now a trend for record labels to fall out with their music stars without reaching an amicable solution.
Lately labels become powerless and often turn to court and police before reaching a solution. We take a look at the 5 music stars that have been dragged to police custody by their label
Brymo
Chocolate City Music dragged Brymo to court after the singer walked out of the record deal he signed with the label.
Brymo’s case with Chocolate City went on for a year before a resolution was reached. The case was eventually dropped by the court
According to him, ‘Even though it happened a long time ago and I am constantly trying to forget it. I feel like somebody needs to resurrect the case in court’ he said in an interview on Beat FM.
He continued, ‘we had the opportunity to iron it out in court but they fried it up. I don’t know what they did but they definitely spoke to the judge and spoke to the lawyers and scrapped the case, they are lawyers; they can do it’.
Skales
Baseline Entertainment Limited made sure Skales was arrested by police.
The label accused the singer of absconding with monies belonging to them. Skales is yet to deny the story.
Baseline claim Skales stole over N14m from them.
The termination clause on Skales head is more than N1bn.
Vector
Rapper Vector spent nights in police cell after his former label YSG reported his atrocities.
The label even obtained a federal injunction against the rapper.
Vector was refrained from recording, releasing, distributing any composition, song, musical works or carrying out any activity as a recording or performing artist.
Vector begged YSG later on.
Runtown
As of today Runtown cannot perform at a show or record any music legally at that because of his case with Eric Manny Entertainment.
Runtown claims the label owner, billionaire Dilly pulled a gun on him and hasn’t fulfilled its promises.
Eric Manny on the other hand claims Runtown has been performing at shows and events behind its back.
Zeez
Singer Zeez formerly known as DJ Zeez was too lazy for his record label so it requested for refund on his head.
His label HF Music says it has spent the sum of N22.3million [N22,378,605.70 (Twenty-Two Million, Three Hundred and Seventy-Eight Thousand, Six Hundred and Five Naira and Seventy Kobo] on Zeez, as such a federal high court asked Zeez to refund the money he owes.
We haven’t heard much about the case since
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Title : 5 Times Record Labels Forced Nigerian Music Stars To Face The Law
Description : It is now a trend for record labels to fall out with their music stars without reaching an amicable solution. Lately labels become power...