Megan Thee Stallion promotes new album due out Friday despite legal battle with her record label
Megan Thee Stallion took to social media Wednesday to announce her new album Suga was coming out Friday despite an ongoing legal battle with her record label.
The 25-year-old Texas rapper, real name Megan Pete, posted album artwork and a track list on Instagram.
‘SUGA 3/6 #REALHOTGIRLS***,’ Megan wrote in the caption for her roughly 9.1 million followers.
New music: Megan Thee Stallion, shown last month in New York City, took to social media Wednesday to announce new music coming Friday despite a legal battle with her label
The Hot Girl Summer singer also shared the album’s nine-song track list featuring her previous single B**** as well as Hit My Phone, a collaboration with Kehlani, and Stop Playing featuring Gunna.
Megan sued her Houston-based record label 1501 Certified Entertainment on Monday over her contract and obtained a temporary restraining order from a Harris County, Texas judge allowing her to release new music.
Label boss Carl Crawford, 38, who was named as a defendant in the lawsuit, filed a motion Wednesday seeking an emergency court hearing to dissolve the temporary restraining order, according to an article by TMZ.
Crawford in court documents claimed that Megan’s contract stipulates all disputes must be handled in arbitration.
New album: The 25-year-old rapper shared album artwork on Instagram for her new project Suga and wrote in the caption, ‘SUGA 3/6 #REALHOTGIRLS***’
Track list: Megan also shared the track list for Suga with her roughly 9.1 million followers
The record label also alleged that Megan can’t release new music without its approval as part of her contract, according to court documents.
Crawford, who played Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2016, demanded a hearing Wednesday in Harris County, Texas, but no information was available on whether the hearing was granted.
Megan’s lawsuit was seeking at least $1 million in damages against Crawford and his label. Crawford denied her claims in an interview with Billboard.
‘Nothing is true that she said. Me being greedy and taking money from her, that’s crazy. I never tried to take nothing from her. The only thing we ever did was give, give, give,’ Crawford said.
Label head: Carl Crawford, shown in February 2016 in Arizona, played Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2016 before becoming head of Houston-based 1501 Certified Entertainment
The temporary restraining order also banned 1501 Certified from attacking or abusing Megan on social media.
Megan during an Instagram Live video on Sunday said 1501 Certified was not allowing her to drop any new music.
According to Megan, the problem arose with her contract, which she signed five years ago at age 20.
Megan continued that after she signed with Jay Z’s Roc Nation she was told by lawyers about problematic clauses in her contract and sought to renegotiate.
Contract issues: According to the rapper’s video posted on Sunday, the problem arose from the contract she signed when she was only 20