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Megan Thee Stallion Files New Motion Seeking Third-Party Manager For 1501 Certified Records’ Finances

<p><strong>Megan Thee Stallion<&sol;strong> filed a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;megan-thee-stallion-carl-crawford-throw-shots-at-each-other-after-he-and-j-prince-respond-to-her-1-million-request-in-lawsuit&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">new motion<&sol;a> Thursday against <strong>Carl Crawford<&sol;strong> and <strong>1501 Certified Records<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Megan&&num;8217&semi;s motion claims Carl is pocketing <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;13&sol;megan-thee-stallion-carl-crawford-label-money-running-low-1501-certified-entertainment-j-prince&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">all the funds<&sol;a> earned from her hits while she receives nothing in return&comma; according to <em>TMZ<&sol;em>&period; The new filing also suggests that Crawford cannot handle the label&&num;8217&semi;s finances&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Meg Files Another Motion Against Record Label and Label CEO Claiming Financial Incompetency<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As previously reported&comma; she is suing her label for royalties while requesting release from her contract&period; Reports about the new motion state Megan&&num;8217&semi;s immediate concern is the company&&num;8217&semi;s alleged lack of funds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The redacted motion claims 1501&&num;8217&semi;s primary account has less than &dollar;10&comma;000&comma; even though &&num;8220&semi;millions&&num;8221&semi; have allegedly been deposited&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The rapper believes that<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;houston-music-mogul-j-prince-issues-a-warning-to-nba-youngboy-youre-not-a-friend-or-enemy-today-lets-keep-it-that-way&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"> <strong>J Prince<&sol;strong><&sol;a> and <strong>Gee Roberson<&sol;strong>&&num;8211&semi;both involved in running the label&&num;8211&semi;are also pocketing the funds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Her new motion seeks a court-appointed third party to manage 1501&&num;8217&semi;s finances&period; Additionally&comma; Megan claims 1501&&num;8217&semi;s finances will be beyond depleted if&sol;when she wins her pending lawsuit against the label&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cq&lowbar;S8Tzvjgv" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Motion Comes Months After Meg Notched Small Legal Victory In Ongoing Contract Battle With 1501<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In Dec&period; 2022&comma; Megan landed <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;megan-thee-stallion-wins-small-victory-in-ongoing-1-million-contract-battle-with-1501-certified-entertainment&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1nu2ayv&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NDQzNjMxNTQ5LjE2ODE0MDk2NTE&period;&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MTQxNjMzMC4yLjEuMTY4MTQxNzgwNC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">a legal victory<&sol;a> in the ongoing contract battle with her record label&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Texas judge sided with the Houston rapper and rejected the label&&num;8217&semi;s request to rule that her 2021 project <em>Something For Thee Hotties<&sol;em> doesn&&num;8217&semi;t count as an official album under her recording contract&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;megan-thee-stallion-wins-small-victory-in-ongoing-1-million-contract-battle-with-1501-certified-entertainment&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1nu2ayv&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NDQzNjMxNTQ5LjE2ODE0MDk2NTE&period;&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MTQxNjMzMC4yLjEuMTY4MTQxNzgwNC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Megan Thee Stallion Wins Small Victory In Ongoing &dollar;1 Million Contract Battle With 1501 Certified Entertainment<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>The judge ultimately denied the motion for a pre-trial ruling&comma; allowing Megan&&num;8217&semi;s &dollar;1 million lawsuit against the label to go to trial&period; If she wins&comma; she will have fulfilled her contract with 1501&period; This means she would be granted her long-sought-after release from the label&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In September&comma; the former professional baseball player and his label asked the court to forgo a trial and deem the project in question a non-album&comma; thus leaving Meg&&num;8217&semi;s contract unfulfilled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The label argued that the 45-minute compilation&comma; released by 300 Entertainment and 1501&comma; didn&&num;8217&semi;t count because it included previously-used material&period; Additionally&comma; 1501 said the project &&num;8220&semi;failed to follow the proper approval procedures&&num;8221&semi; for an official album release&period; Released in October 2021&comma; <em>Something For The Hotties <&sol;em>was promoted as a &&num;8220&semi;thank you&&num;8221&semi; gift to Megan&&num;8217&semi;s fanbase&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1608256425930952705" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Crawford Apologizes To Megan Thee Stallion&comma; Says The Situation Between Them Is &&num;8216&semi;Unfortunate&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In February&comma; Crawford <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;carl-crawford-megan-thee-stallion-apology&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1lamd7l&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;OTcyOTUzNDkuMTY4MTQxODA2Ng&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MTQxODA2NS4xLjAuMTY4MTQxODA2NS4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">publicly apologized<&sol;a> to Megan Thee Stallion over the years-long feud between the pair&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Crawford—accompanied by Kai &&num;8220&semi;Verse&&num;8221&semi; Tyler&comma; the brand-new president of 1501—issued his apology during a recent interview with TMZ&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"q5hl2LWM138" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He started by noting that he and the <em>Pressurelicious<&sol;em> rapper haven&&num;8217&semi;t spoken since 2019&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s the year the drama initially broke out over Megan forming a connection with Roc Nation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Crawford then acknowledged that their only communication has been through their online spats—which he called &&num;8220&semi;unfortunate&comma;&&num;8221&semi; as he &&num;8220&semi;never wanted to have a situation&&num;8221&semi; play out on the internet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Megan never publicly responded to the apology&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"119149" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;megan-thee-stallion-files-new-motion-claiming-1501-certified-records-is-pocketing-money-off-her-music-while-she-isnt-receiving-payment&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b58d235200"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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