Last November, Prodigy of Mobb Deep found common ground with Universal Music Group after he sued them for using his records for whatever purpose they deemed appropriate. The Mobb Deep frontman received a little over $150,000 in a settlement which he publicly appeared to have been pleased with the outcome but now, the 41-year-old rap vet born Albert Johnson is taking the industry powerhouse to court once again in efforts to completely free his name from their books.
HipHopDX spoke exclusively to attorney Corey D. Boddie of Boddie & Associates, P.C., the legal counsel who successfully repped Prodigy in the original suit and he tells us “This particular case involves Prodigy actually looking to get out of his contract based on what is called a ‘mutual mistake.’ There was a term in the actual agreement that was overlooked by both parties and because of that, Prodigy is looking to get out his contract.”
The suit was filed last week in New York and Boddie explains the only motivation behind the new case is the expiration of the contract and that this particular legal action is targeted against the publishing side of Universal.
“There is no motivation, in the contract there was what’s called a mutual mistake,” Boddie explains again. “That is a term of the contract that states that they were in the fifth option period. That fifth option period was exercised and over. They continued to refer to the fifth option period, so the lawsuit is basically saying ‘that’s a mistake, what option period are we in?’ We contend that we’re in no option period. So, therefore we’re not in an option period then there is no contract.”
Boddie also elaborated on the specifications of said mutual mistake saying, “Because of the previous contract they just assumed that Prodigy is still signed to them. We’re saying he’s not because, if you look at what period we’re in and what was delivered, that’s not the case,” he concluded.
As the case plays out in court, the Queensbridge native will still be highly visible promoting his forthcoming meal memoir, Commissary Kitchen: My Infamous Prison Cookbook with its adjacent nationwide Commissary Kitchen Tour.
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Does anyone still care about this old has-been? He’s taken so many beatdowns that I can’t take him seriously anymore. Him and Beanie should pair up together.
Ballerina P is only filing a lawsuit because he’s broke as fuck after King HOV man-handled him on “Takeover”. He also has a pathetic cookbook to promote, which no one is gonna buy anyway. He got attention for his last book because he snitched on his fellow pathetic QB friends.
He’s broke because of Hov?! Really?! Hahaha I see you’re still twerking on the camel’s d*ck, fan boy.
Hi im a pussy ass bitch with no album out and no money and I like to make angry comments at people who do
Destroy And Rebuild did more to ruin P than takeover did. That came out of left field, and really hit home.
The takeover was bad for P strictly because of Summer Jam when Jay put the pictures up. D&R just aired out so much embarrassing shit, and they never made another album that was like their first four.