Madlib Is Suing That Goofy Ass Dude Egon Over Deceptive Business Practices

Art Barr

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Glad I was a beast closer in corporate frfr...
To know not to trust nobody who was not a corporate beast.
All these names of undercard act. That would be showing up.
Plus the most important factor. A manager is under you. Not over you and never in administrative control. So why are all these know no goods around. I think me, advocate and capital d the only real corporate experienced people in rap frfr.


Like why are these wack one around. This supposed to be hiphop. Not some other version of the wack street deal.

Like how are y'all listening to these managers and nikkaz who goofies like dude on beat street.

This shyt basic l territory. That been taboo and outlawed in hiphop since sugar hill. You mever sign to the fske corporate or street record deal people.
This shyt found and should be known.

since the fat Albert special on literacy.

At least be tied up in a real corporate start up. With real issues that were unforeseeable. This was completely avoidable.
How are people signing over executive administration control to people who was never no corporate beasts.



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Is this Bloodsucker the reason why Madlib frequently dropping albums cease in the past couple of years:pacspit::ld::francis:
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.

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.


21. EGON has continued to do business with MADLIB’s music, releasing 13 vinyl albums, singularly and as a bundle and via streaming on all digital service providers via MADICINE SHOW for the “MADLIB INVAZION Music Library,” and dealing in MADLIB and QUASIMOTO-related merchandise via RAPP CATS, all without MADLIB’s authorization or consent and against his wishes. EGON has also claimed from time to time a 50% ownership in and to MADLIB’s sound recordings.
 

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He did some fukkshyt with Doom's stuff too right?

These white boys on the underground hip hop scene are very predatory. Reminds me of that Househoes CaC who worked with Dilla and is disrespectful to his Mom critizing how she handles her son's music while he a leech with a bunch of his stuff.
 

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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

Double 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
 

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Double 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
Definitely. Most Hipsters aren't hurting anybody, just being annoying and they're appreciating great music so it's whatever

It's the profiteering and peddling that I don't enjoy... Literal culture vulture shyt
 

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Egon is just the cilvaringz of stones throw.

These guys try to dictate the direction of of the art the artists make. And they buy up old shyt and last person to get paid is the artist that put them on. Its insanity

Once egon became a name where people knew who he was, all the “help” ceased
 
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