The widow of Ol’ Dirty Bastard is suing Wu-Tang Productions for breach of contract, alleging that the company has “willfully refused” to pay the late rapper’s estate at least $1 million in royalties.
The estate is seeking at least $1 million in damages plus interest, as well as attorneys’ fees and costs.
“Despite its repeated efforts and requests, the Estate has been unable to obtain payments and accountings from Defendant under the Recording Agreement for the sale of Wu-Tang Clan Recordings and ODB recordings since at least 2011,” the complaint reads. The $130,000 payment arrived on July 6, 2021, without a detailed accounting statement, the suit adds. Several additional payments were made by the group’s co-publisher/administrator Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. in 2019 and 2020, but the complaint alleges the total amounts “represent only a small percentage” of what the estate is owed for royalties related to Wu-Tang Clan recordings, ODB’s solo recordings and compositions, merchandising rights and music videos.
As laid out in the complaint, the original recording agreement signed between the individual band members and Wu-Tang Productions entitled ODB to receive 50% of the net earnings from his compositions, the exploitation of his name and likeness and films and videos produced by the group within 45 days of the receipt of payment from distributors .
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