This week has been a Hot Girl Bummer for former baseball star Carl Crawford.
The ex-left fielder, who played for the Rays, Red Sox and Dodgers, is being sued by Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion, the rapper who rose to superstardom with her 2019 hit "Hot Girl Summer."
Megan Thee Stallion, whose full name Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, is suing Carl Crawford and his company, 1501 Certified Entertainment, demanding that the label renegotiate her original deal.
Crawford founded the Houston-based label after his retirement in 2016 and was the first person to sign Pete to a contract in 2018 at age 20. Pete claims "[she did not] understand some of the verbiage" when she signed the initial contract, and is suing for at least $1 million in damages.
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According to TMZ , Pete claims in her lawsuit that her current deal allows 1501 Certified to get 60 percent of her recording income. The remaining 40 percent goes to her, but she uses that money to pay engineers, mixers, featured artists and others who help work on her music.
Megan also claims that the contract calls for all money from Megan's touring and live performances to go directly to 1501 Certified. She says the label is supposed to give her a proper account of what she's owed, but claims what they've provided is incomplete, and "purposefully and deceptively vague."
Megan Thee Stallion says that 1501 isn’t letting her drop new music due to her requesting to renegotiate her contract. pic.twitter.com/4Uz5vXwmD0
— Ronald Isley (@yoyotrav) March 1, 2020
Pete's career trajectory led her to sign with 300 Entertainment in November 2018 and a management deal with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in 2019, but Crawford and his label still receive a cut because of her original signed deal. Pete announced Monday that her latest album "Suga" has been delayed as a result of the renegotiation attempt.
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Pete also claims Crawford has been using his relationship with Rap-a-Lot Records founder J. Prince to intimidate people. In the suit, Pete says that Crawford threatened a producer to hand over beats by saying Prince would be upset.
"Prince is notorious in the industry for strong-armed intimidation tactics, and the comment was taken as a physical threat of harm," Pete claims.
A district judge in Harris County Texas granted Megan a temporary restraining order on Monday, which allows her to put out music despite the label's attempt at blocking her new releases.
Crawford has not been reached for comment, but he's no stranger to ludicrous contracts. In 2011, he signed a seven-year, $142 million contract with the Red Sox. He collected the money despite never playing a full season on the deal due to injuries. He was traded to the Dodgers, who released him after playing in just 30 games. He was paid his full $21.8 million salary in 2017 despite not being on the team.
As the famed rapper would say, "Money good."