This was in the Lawsuit. He probably stopped releasing music cause half it was going right into this vultures pocket. On top of what he was stealing.Is this Bloodsucker the reason why Madlib frequently dropping albums cease in the past couple of years
The complaint further claims that Alapatt took “tens of thousands of dollars for personal expenses” from the two business entities [[Medicine Show and Rapp Cats]], and that there was no documentation of employee payroll, inventory or artist royalty statements.
Alapatt also allegedly “captur[ed] half of Madlib’s producer royalties and advances for himself” while locking Madlib out of his Ingrooves, Apple Music, Bandcamp, YouTube and Facebook accounts; the complaint also claims he locked Madlib out of the Instagram account for his trademarked alter-ego Quasimoto, a cartoon character that the producer used throughout his career for merchandise and music.
Those types of hipsters are no different than MAGAs to me.Strikes me as someone with a foot in academia and the art world, who wanted to capitalize on the credibility and crossover appeal of Doom and Madlib in those circles
The worst kind of hipster basically
WowBack when Egon was still with Stonesthrow, I remember Dudley Perkins airing out PBW for their business practices. People called him crazy at the time.
Strikes me as someone with a foot in academia and the art world, who wanted to capitalize on the credibility and crossover appeal of Doom and Madlib in those circles
The worst kind of hipster basically
Definitely. Most Hipsters aren't hurting anybody, just being annoying and they're appreciating great music so it's whateverDouble edged sword. On one hand these CaCs might have the acument to maximize the appeal and platform for these cats to get their largest audience on their terms. But they also got the sleeze shady tricks