{"id":22467,"date":"2026-10-19T04:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T04:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/?p=22467"},"modified":"2026-10-19T14:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:24:31","slug":"cordae-faces-25m-lawsuit-over-anderson-paak-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/cordae-faces-25m-lawsuit-over-anderson-paak-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Cordae Faces $25M Lawsuit Over Anderson .Paak Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cordaemusic.com\/\">Cordae<\/a><\/strong> faces a <strong>$25 million<\/strong> lawsuit from Florida-based label <strong>MMMG Inc.<\/strong>, which is seeking to stop the release of his collaborative album with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/andersonpaak.com\/\">Anderson .Paak<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The label alleges that the project, <em>Heavy Is the Crown<\/em>, breaches an exclusive recording agreement signed in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The album is scheduled for <strong>Friday, October 23<\/strong>, through <strong>EMPIRE<\/strong>, <strong>APESHIT<\/strong> and <strong>Mass Appeal<\/strong>, rather than MMMG. The label is seeking damages from Cordae and those labels. Anderson .Paak is not a defendant.<\/p>\n<h2>Recording rights at issue<\/h2>\n<p>In its filing in the Southern District of New York, MMMG says it entered an agreement with Cordae, whose legal name is Cordae Amari Dunston, in April 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement included exclusive ownership of his recorded copyrights, along with rights covering:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Merchandising<\/li>\n<li>Touring<\/li>\n<li>Endorsements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MMMG alleges that both the forthcoming album and the duo\u2019s advance single violate Cordae\u2019s exclusivity obligations. The filing says additional copyright infringement claims will follow if the album is released as scheduled.<\/p>\n<h2>Distributor clause disputed<\/h2>\n<p>The case also concerns whether Cordae\u2019s shift from <strong>Atlantic<\/strong> to <strong>Concord\u2019s Stem<\/strong> for distribution fulfilled a contractual provision allowing MMMG six months to secure a qualified distributor.<\/p>\n<p>Cordae\u2019s lawyers argue that the arrangement was invalid without an inducement letter accepting the deal\u2019s terms.<\/p>\n<p>MMMG maintains that its agreement with Cordae requires no such letter and alleges that his challenge to the arrangement\u2019s authenticity was made in bad faith.<\/p>\n<p><em>Heavy Is the Crown<\/em> remains scheduled for Friday, although its release could be halted if the court grants MMMG\u2019s requested injunction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MMMG Inc. is seeking $25 million in damages and an injunction against Cordae\u2019s 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