Madlib is suing his former supervisor, Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, accusing him of “rank self-dealing,” “engaging in persistent and pervasive mismanagement,” and unduly making the most of his involvement within the musician’s enterprise affairs. Madlib filed his lawsuit in a Los Angeles court docket on October 31, marking the fourth anniversary of MF Doom’s demise. Doom’s widow, Jasmine Dumile Thompson, can be concerned in an ongoing lawsuit towards Egon.
Within the lawsuit, Madlib and his authorized crew clarify that each he and Egon departed Stones Throw Data in 2010. At that time, Madlib says, he retained Egon as his supervisor, entrusting him to create and function the enterprise entities Madicine Present and Rappcats. (Madlib additionally names Rappcats co-founder Jeffrey “Jeff Jank” Carlson as a defendant within the lawsuit.)
Madlib alleges that he solely just lately found “several accounting irregularities” involving Madicine Present and Rappcats that occurred between 2018 and mid-2022. He additionally says he was unable to search out “any backup documentation for, among other things, payments to EGON, JANK and others as ‘consulting,’ ‘commissions,’ ‘fees’ or ‘reimbursements’ (totaling in the several hundred thousands of dollars).”
Additional, Madlib claims that Egon “improperly inserted” his personal document label, the previous Stones Throw subsidiary Now-Once more Data, into enterprise affairs involving Madicine Present. And he additionally alleges that Egon “locked [him] out of several key music business platforms that he should have access to including but not limited to Ingrooves, Apple Music, Bandcamp, and YouTube as well as MADLIB’s own Facebook account and the Instagram account for his QUASIMOTO character.”
Madlib is looking for the judicially assisted wind-up and dissolution of Madicine Present and Rappcats, an award of punitive and exemplary damages for Egon and Now-Once more’s alleged breach of fiduciary responsibility, and a declaration from the court docket that not one of the defendants “own or has any continuing right or interest” in his recorded music, skilled profession, registered emblems, and identify and likeness. He and his crew have additionally requested a jury trial.
Jeff Jank and Kenneth D. Freundlich, the legal professional representing Egon in his dispute with Jasmine Dumile Thompson, didn’t instantly reply to Pitchfork’s requests for remark.
