Megan Thee Stallion’s lawyers try to compel Warner to share information to discover who leaked ‘Traumazine’

nme.com:

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).

According to documents seen by Billboard, lawyers told a judge that Pete “does not accuse WMG of intentionally releasing her album, but does believe that receiving documents and communications from WMG related to ‘Traumazine’ and its release should help discover who improperly leaked her artistic work”.On August 11, just hours before releasing her second album, Pete publicly addressed leaked music on her Twitter account.

The leak, she wrote, included “[her] cover art, pieces of [her] track list and [her] even hearing a part of a song [she hasn’t] dropped yet”.She continued: “We ALL know who the only ppl who had access to all these PRIVATE links are.” The rapper ended the message saying that she “might as well…lol,” and released ‘Traumazine’ at 12 am ET the following day (Friday, August 12).From my cover art, pieces of my track list and me even hearing a part of a song I haven’t dropped yet leaking (and we ALL know who the only ppl who had access to all these PRIVATE links are..) I might as well…lol— TINA SNOW (@theestallion) August 11, 2022The filing also asks the judge to force internet service providers Cablevision and Datacamp to release information regarding the IP addresses that leaked.