The Supreme Court has declined to hear a contract dispute case between record companies TVT and Island Def Jam over a hip-hop album by Cash Money Click, which featured Ja Rule among its emcees.
Lawyers for TVT Records and TVT Music Inc. asked justices to overturn a decision by the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which voided a $132 million jury verdict TVT was awarded in its dispute with another recording company, the Island Def Jam Music Group.
The jury ruled in favor of TVT during the company's battle with Def Jam over TVT's efforts to distribute the Cash Money Click album. The group joined TVT because of talent scout Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo.
After Gotti left TVT for Island Def Jam, Ja Rule followed a few years later. Together, they went on to sell millions of records through Gotti’s Murder, Inc. label under Island Def Jam.
In court filings obtained by The Associated Press, Def Jam lawyers said the dispute stemmed from a threat in 2001 by a TVT employee to release old Cash Money Click songs "that weren't particularly good" at the same time as Ja Rule's next IDJ recording. A side deal was signed by some representatives of the parties, but Def Jam ultimately refused to honor the agreement.
Lawyers for TVT Records and TVT Music Inc. asked justices to overturn a decision by the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which voided a $132 million jury verdict TVT was awarded in its dispute with another recording company, the Island Def Jam Music Group.
The jury ruled in favor of TVT during the company's battle with Def Jam over TVT's efforts to distribute the Cash Money Click album. The group joined TVT because of talent scout Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo.
After Gotti left TVT for Island Def Jam, Ja Rule followed a few years later. Together, they went on to sell millions of records through Gotti’s Murder, Inc. label under Island Def Jam.
In court filings obtained by The Associated Press, Def Jam lawyers said the dispute stemmed from a threat in 2001 by a TVT employee to release old Cash Money Click songs "that weren't particularly good" at the same time as Ja Rule's next IDJ recording. A side deal was signed by some representatives of the parties, but Def Jam ultimately refused to honor the agreement.
