Judge says Roc Nation CEO must sit for deposition in Megan Thee Stallion label dispute
completemusicupdate.comA US judge last week ruled that Megan Thee Stallion’s manager – Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez – must sit for a deposition as part of the rapper’s ongoing legal dispute with her label 1501 Certified Entertainment.
Megan Thee Stallion’s lawyers had argued that there were insufficient grounds for forcing Perez to answer questions from 1501’s legal team under oath.The current legal dispute between 1501 and the rapper – real name Megan Pete – centres on whether or not her 2021 release ‘Something For Thee Hotties’ should count as one of the three albums she is obliged to deliver to the label under her record deal.1501 argues that that release, as a compilation of archive tracks and previously released freestyles, does not count, meaning that the rapper still needs to provide it with one more record to put out.
Pete counters that ‘Something For Thee Hotties’ does constitute an album under the terms of her record contract and therefore she has fulfilled her obligations to the label.
Both sides also accuse the other of owing them money.As part of the legal battle, 1501 requested a deposition with Perez in her guise as Pete’s manager, so that they could ask her questions under oath.
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