Chance the Rapper is gearing up to sue his manager in a new lawsuit. Chance the Rapper wants to sue the manager for allegedly exploiting his position.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Chance the Rapper is firing back at his former manager with a new lawsuit.
The Chicago rapper, whose real name is Chancelor Bennett, aims to sue Pat Corcoran for allegedly exploiting his position. In addition, the manager allegedly damaging the musician’s reputation; apparently by demanding kickbacks.
Before Bennett issued his lawsuit on Feb. 19, Corcoran’s company sued the rapper prior. Furthermore, Corcoran filed the lawsuit for $2.5 million in unpaid expenses and commissions. Additionally, Corcoran is accusing the former client of ignoring his professional advice; this, in turn, led to the underwhelming success of his 2019 album The Big Day.
Moreover, the new lawsuit from Bennett calls Corcoran’s filing a “gratuitous, fabricated narrative.” Corcoran’s company is requesting $1 million for each of the three counts:
- breach of fiduciary duty
- interference that led to the loss of business opportunities and profit
- breach of contract
“Mr. Corcoran has been paid in full under his management services contract with Mr. Bennett. Yet he chose to file a groundless and insulting lawsuit that ignores his own improper self-dealing and incompetence,” Bennett’s attorneys said in a statement. “Mr. Bennett has moved to dismiss the majority of that meritless lawsuit, and filed his own lawsuit to remedy the harm that Mr. Corcoran caused through his breaches of duty. Mr. Bennett trusts the legal system to reveal the truth of the parties’ relationship in due course.”
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Bennett claims Corcoran “effectively sabotaged” a deal that would have made him the “face” of music distributor UnitedMasters. Apparently, Corcoran tried to leverage a touring deal with Live Nation to benefit his own wine business, No Fine Print. Also, Bennett is accusing Corcoran of seeking kickbacks from merchandise vendors by threatening that Bennett would only hire the vendor in return for an equity interest in the company.
Additionally, Bennett argues Corcoran’s claims surrounding The Big Day.
Continuing, Bennett says he spent “hours upon hours in the studio,” while Corcoran was “increasingly absent from his managerial role.” Moreover, the manager failed to come up with a marketing plan for the album. He’s also blaming Corcoran for botching the release of vinyl orders; which resulted in more than $1 million in refunds and free products to upset fans.
In conclusion, Bennett who ended his relationship with Corcoran in April 2020, says his former manager has not given the chanceraps.com domain or turned over his fan mailing list to him. He is seeking a jury trial.
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