Megan Thee Stallion Sues Label to Get Out of Her Contract

Two weeks ago, Megan Thee Stallion dropped her latest project, Suga, amidst drama with her label 1501 Certified Entertainment. It’s already spawned two Billboard Hot 100 hits with “B.I.T.C.H.” and “Captain Hook,” and a viral dance challenge has the Houston rapper well-positioned to land her next song on the chart.

Taken from her new EP 'Suga'

NEW YORK -- Megan Thee Stallion says she works extremely hard in the studio writing music, and so became more than a little worried when she almost couldn’t release her new album because of a dispute with her record label.

NEW YORK -- Megan Thee Stallion says she works extremely hard in the studio writing music, and so became more than a little worried when she almost couldn’t release her new album because of a dispute with her record label.

A week’s worth of grousing between hit Houston rapper-singer Megan Thee Stallion and her label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, over her right to release new music (and a Texas judge granting her a restraining order to do so) is a suitably dramatic setting for “Suga” to drop.

Today, Megan Thee Stallion released her latest project, Suga—with some assistance from a court order. The Houston rapper, who turned “Hot Girl Summer” into a ubiquitous viral meme ahead of last year’s mixtape Fever, has spent the last several days in a public contract dispute with her label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, and its CEO, former baseball star Carl Crawford.

Megan Thee Stallion has jumped some major hurdles to get to today. And what a day it is, with the release of her album Suga and the official music video for “B.I.T.C.H.”.

Rap newcomer Megan Thee Stallion is still on course to drop new music on Friday (06Mar20) after a Texas judge shut down her label bosses’ emergency motion to halt its release.

Megan Thee Stallion’s messy label drama continues to play out in the public eye, with J. Prince becoming the latest person to weigh in. The famed music mogul has been assisting the head of Megan’s label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, in his legal battle with the Houston rapper, and today Prince shared a lengthy Instagram post pushing back against allegations leveled in Megan’s $1 million lawsuit.

On Monday, Megan Thee Stallion (real name Megan Pete) filed a $1 million lawsuit against her label 1501 Certified Entertainment and its CEO Carl Crawford seeking termination of her contract. She was also granted a temporary restraining order in which the judge ordered 1501 “to do nothing to prevent the release, distribution, and sale of Pete’s new records."

Carl Crawford, the CEO of 1501 Certified Entertainment, has rejected the premise of a lawsuit filed by Megan Thee Stallion, one of the label's signees. The rapper (real name Megan Pete) successfully filed a restraining order against the company this week after claiming it was preventing her from releasing new music.

A contract dispute between Megan Thee Stallion and her label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, broke into the open over the weekend when the rapper said the label is preventing her from releasing new music. Fans have been waiting for her forthcoming album, “Suga,” along with many other releases such as the “Cash Shit” (featuring DaBaby) video and the film “Fever,” and she took to Instagram to air her frustration.

Megan Thee Stallion shook the internet this past weekend with claims that her label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, was barred from releasing any music after she requested to renegotiate her contract.

#FREETHEESTALLION has started trending on social media after “Hot Girl Summer” rapper Megan Thee Stallion opened up about her recent contract woes.

After starting the #FREETHEESTALLION hashtag earlier this week, Megan Thee Stallion has sued record label 1501 Entertainment, climbing the label, which released her mixtape Fever, has withheld income from her, failed to provide financial transparency, misrepresented her contract during negotiations, and, when she attempted to fix these issues, blocked her from releasing new music.

Music boss Carl Crawford has dismissed Megan Thee Stallion’s claims he and his label associates are trying to prevent her from releasing new music.