Megan Thee Stallion Sues Record Label Over Music Ban

Last week, Megan Thee Stallion was granted a temporary restraining order against her label 1501 Certified Entertainment and its CEO Carl Crawford, clearing the way for her to release her latest EP, Suga. Although Megan was able to drop her project, she’s still in the midst of a $1 million lawsuit against 1501.

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.

Megan Thee Stallion delivered a hip-hop confection with Suga on Friday (March 6), but which song is the sweetest?

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.

A Texas judge has denied a request by Megan Thee Stallion’s label to halt the release of her upcoming album.On Thursday (March 5), Judge Beau A.

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.

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.

On Monday afternoon (March 2), a Texas federal judge granted rapper Megan Thee Stallion (real name: Megan Pete) a temporary restraining order against her label 1501 Certified Entertainment and its CEO, former Major League Baseball star, Carl Crawford.

Megan Thee Stallion has won a big battle in her legal spat with record label bosses – a judge has ruled she can release new music this week without their interference.

Megan Thee Stallion alleged yesterday (March 1) that her record label 1501 Certified Entertainment was preventing her from releasing new music. The Houston rapper made the claims in an Instagram live session, stating that the terms of her contract were not clear to her upon signing with 1501, and that when she asked to renegotiate the contract, she was barred from releasing new work.

Megan Thee Stallion was granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) Monday (March 2) against her label 1501 Entertainment and its CEO Carl Crawford by a federal judge in Texas.