J. Prince was among the defendants named in Megan Thee Stallion’s recent lawsuit against 1501 Certified Entertainment. The statuesque rapper claimed she was in a bunk contract and once she tried to renegotiate, she said they decided to prevent her from releasing new music on Friday (March 6) as she’d planned.
Now, the Rap-A-Lot founder — who was painted as an intimidator in the suit — has addressed the situation in two new Instagram posts. He insists everything Meg has accused the label of doing is completely false.
“Megan, along with Roc Nation Employee Geetanjali Grace Lyer decided to include my name in a lawsuit wrapped around lies and stupidity,” he captioned a photo of himself with 1501 founder Carl Crawford. “We gone get this shit straight. Now let’s deal with the root of this issue. The root is a familiar one for me coming from a successful independent record labels perspective. We as independent record labels make many sacrifices along with our artists. After we do all the hard work together with artists, it’s a known fact that major record labels and established managers attempt to poach the fruits of our labor. –
“One of the first things they do is criticize the deal that raised that artist from the dead. These record labels and managers don’t want shit to do with these artists until the hard work, risk, sacrifices, and resources have been spent by the little guys. This is the same technique of the culture vultures.”
Prince goes on to say they have “no problem” with renegotiating Meg’s contract but take issue with “dictators.” He also says he finds it “very interesting” Roc Nation — who manages Megan and helped file the suit — would “allow their employees to sign an affidavit and statement full of slanderous lies.”
In a second Instagram post, Prince brings up Meg’s deceased mother who died from brain cancer last May.
“Megan along with her mother, who evidently could read (God rest her soul), negotiated a good deal,” he concludes. “I extended my hand to meet with Megan, T Farris, and team personally for further negotiations. Unfortunately it never happened even though we’re all in Houston, because she’s being controlled by the very people who started this shit.
“The homie Carl was an angel in Megan’s eyes when he was spending hundreds of thousands investing in her career. Now that he’s helped her become a successful artist she stopped paying him his percentage and views him as the devil. I’m glad money don’t make me. I make money.”
Crawford spoke to Billboard about the situation earlier week and blamed JAY-Z and Roc Nation for Meg’s outrage.
“Everybody in the industry knows this is what JAY-Z and Roc Nation do,” he said. “They come in, find the smallest things wrong with the problem — because there weren’t any problems before she left — and then she says that I didn’t want to negotiate?
“OK, tell everybody your definition of negotiating. Your definition is, ‘OK. I’m going to send Suge Knight’s old lawyers to come in, and it’s a stick-up…’ Of course, I’m like, ‘This isn’t a negotiation. This is a robbery.’”
On Monday (March 2), a judge granted Megan a temporary restraining order, which allows her to release her next album Suga on Friday (March 6).
Get em Prince a real h o e 10K is pocket change so she was obviously a pass around s m u t willing to sign it over for chump change now mad she gotta split it with 10+ people like a “boss b” l m a o they’ll have a new stallion next year- cube
Roc Nation gonna run into issues getting in everyone else’s business dealings.
Been siding with Megan all this while, but I feel J. Prince on this one. He handled shit like a real veteran, someone who has seen it all. I like how he mentioned Jay – giving him the benefit of the doubt until he was sure of Jay’s position on the matter. Unlike big foul mouthed Carl Crawford – This is what Jay-Z and Roc nation do. That’s how you know the difference between a rookie and a Vet. Both Jay’s are bosses. Fxk a Carl Crawl forward…
The head of your labels a basketball player!
Baseball Sean not basketball.
Yo, anybody know that Fuck Queensbridge guy? Tell him Brooklyn’s got a problem in Houston. And they may be taking an L…
Tell’em!
Even though I don’t rock with J. prince, everything he said it true. But she also has the right to try to get out of the
contract. Labels are rarely loyal and honorable to artist, why should artist be. If I’m Carl I’m looking for the Buyout
2-3 mill and you can walk. Carl seems to know how to push artist go find some more your label has a brand name now. Also if I’m Carl I don’t speak public on Meg, especially in a bad way, no matter how you feel it chest now checkers. All Carl should have been saying was it’s a misunderstanding and we will work it out. It seemed like Carl could have been a success at this until he brought in J.prince, Why??? You bring a dude in just to get in your pockets. If J.prince moves so well what the heck is Rap a Lot did in the last 15 years?? They had a massive chance with Z-Ro and they blew it. I guess Carl, J.P name might be good in H-Town which seems to be over hyped IMO, but once you get outside of H town nobody cares. You seen what they did to his lil homie out in NYC.
You heard of Drake? Do your googles and youll see a few of his recent moves im front and behind scenes. J is a smart dude and is absolutely correct here.
You sound dumb and foolish j prince dont his money they from the same neighborhood 5th ward and he won’t allow the crooked devious people like your favorite rapper trying to do here. J prince will stop all that foolery roc nation and 300 ent being doing to those artists. She dumb ass fuck like she made carl. Carl made over 100 million playing baseball. Do some homework partner
What else needs to be said? The Prince aka the Truth has spoken, lol.
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