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Kanye West Files Lawsuit Against Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records, Claims His Work On “The Blueprint” Helped “Revitalize Jay-Z’s Career”
Kanye West is burning bridges, one by one, and this time, he’s going after his brother from another mother, Jay-Z.
In new court documents obtained by The Blast, West accused Jay-Z and his famed Roc-A-Fella Records label of holding out on money that is owed to him.
West also named Island Def Jam in the suit, citing issues over “the parties’ rights and obligations to one another under the Recording Agreement and Extensions.”
While most of the suit is redacted, including the “nature of the dispute” and damages, in one part of the suit, according to the publication, West claims his catapult to fame, through writing and producing on Jay’s classic album, “The Blueprint,” ultimately helped “revitalize Jay-Z’s career.”
Apparently, West also filed a similar suit against EMI, the song publisher that handled his publishing rights since 2003. However, that too is mostly redacted, but it did say, “there now exists a dispute between Plaintiffs and Defendant EMI regarding the parties’ rights and obligations to one another under the EMI Contract and Extensions.”
http://dlvr.it/QxVyZN
UPDATE FROM TMZ
Kanye West is suing Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records and EMI, the company that helped him launch his career ... because he says he's owed a lot of loot.
Ye filed 2 lawsuits Friday ... one against Roc-A-Fella, claiming he signed an exclusive recording agreement with the company. The suit is heavily redacted, but he's asking for a declaration of his rights over a dispute he's having and he wants money.
Kanye also filed a lawsuit against EMI April Music, claiming they owe him over a music dispute.
According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, in 2003, the year before he came out with his breakout album, "College Dropout," he signed a contract with EMI. The suit claims by the end of 2011, Kanye had written solely or with other writers more than 200 songs and gave the rights to those songs to EMI.
Those songs include some of the most influential and successful songs in his catalog, although the suit isn't specific.
The suit is heavily redacted, although it says there is a dispute and he wants a judge to declare his rights under the contract -- presumably for money.
He's hired one of the most powerful firms in the country -- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, so the stakes are clearly high.
Smh 
Kanye West is burning bridges, one by one, and this time, he’s going after his brother from another mother, Jay-Z.
In new court documents obtained by The Blast, West accused Jay-Z and his famed Roc-A-Fella Records label of holding out on money that is owed to him.
West also named Island Def Jam in the suit, citing issues over “the parties’ rights and obligations to one another under the Recording Agreement and Extensions.”
While most of the suit is redacted, including the “nature of the dispute” and damages, in one part of the suit, according to the publication, West claims his catapult to fame, through writing and producing on Jay’s classic album, “The Blueprint,” ultimately helped “revitalize Jay-Z’s career.”
Apparently, West also filed a similar suit against EMI, the song publisher that handled his publishing rights since 2003. However, that too is mostly redacted, but it did say, “there now exists a dispute between Plaintiffs and Defendant EMI regarding the parties’ rights and obligations to one another under the EMI Contract and Extensions.”
http://dlvr.it/QxVyZN
UPDATE FROM TMZ
Kanye West is suing Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records and EMI, the company that helped him launch his career ... because he says he's owed a lot of loot.
Ye filed 2 lawsuits Friday ... one against Roc-A-Fella, claiming he signed an exclusive recording agreement with the company. The suit is heavily redacted, but he's asking for a declaration of his rights over a dispute he's having and he wants money.
Kanye also filed a lawsuit against EMI April Music, claiming they owe him over a music dispute.
According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, in 2003, the year before he came out with his breakout album, "College Dropout," he signed a contract with EMI. The suit claims by the end of 2011, Kanye had written solely or with other writers more than 200 songs and gave the rights to those songs to EMI.
Those songs include some of the most influential and successful songs in his catalog, although the suit isn't specific.
The suit is heavily redacted, although it says there is a dispute and he wants a judge to declare his rights under the contract -- presumably for money.
He's hired one of the most powerful firms in the country -- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, so the stakes are clearly high.
Smh
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