Wiz Khalifa has filed suit against his former label, Rostrum Records, as well as his former manager (from Rostrum,) Benjy Grinberg. Wiz left Rostrum in 2014, but he’s apparently still locked in a 360 deal he’d signed with them in 2004 – when he was just 16 – and the lawsuit hopes to get him out of it. He claims that he can end it under the California Labor Code’s seven-year rule. Wiz’s gripe is that Benjy/Rostrum failed to disclose alternative arrangements that could be more beneficial to him, and instead tied him to an agreement that “reached for more than a decade into virtually every aspect” of his professional life. In a 360 deal, the label makes money off of everything the artist does, including touring, merchandise and songwriting, Wiz is aiming for $1 million, as well as punitive damages and attorney’s fees. Check out what Benjy had to say below.
Wow, Mac Miller Officially Leaves Rostrum Records!
Mac Miller came into the game on Rostrum Records, the independent label from his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA that he shared with fellow Pittsburgh star, Wiz Khalifa. However, after 4 years together, Mac has decided not to renew his now-expired contract. It’s still nothing but love, though! “Rostrum is my family. That is forever,” Miller said in a statement to MTV. “No matter what, we will always work together. We moved mountains and I can only see them continuing that tradition. I am grateful for everything I learned and am always here for whatever.” After selling 5.4 million singles, more than 750k albums and scoring a successful reality show on MTV 2 while with the label, you can do nothing but respect that Mac wants to move on to even bigger heights! Check out a statement from Rostrum below. Best of luck with whatever comes next, Mac!
#DJFunkFlexApp NEW MUSIC: Mac Miller ft. Action Bronson – Red Dot Music
Heard “Suplexes Inside of Complexes and Duplexes“? Well, now listen to Mac aka “Kennedy on ecstasy” rap alongside of Bronson after the jump.
#DJFunkFlexApp NEW MUSIC: Mac Miller ft. Jay Electronica – Suplexes Inside Of Complexes And Duplexes
The preview to the peculiar collabortation between Most Dope’s Mac and Roc Nation’s Jay dropped in late May. Who even knows how Mac found Jay? Or what the f*ck is a Jay Electronica? What is known is that one can listen to the track, off Mac’s upcoming LP, after the jump.
(Video) Masspike Miles ft. Wiz Khalifa – Flatline
Miles and Wiz shoot the video for “Flatline” off of Masspike’s 2012 mixtape Skky Miles 2: Cozmic Cloudz (Deluxe). Yes, there is a deluxe edition of his mixtape. See the visual below.
