Madlib is suing his former supervisor, Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, accusing him of “rank self-dealing,” “partaking 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 courtroom on October 31, marking the fourth anniversary of MF Doom’s loss of life. Doom’s widow, Jasmine Dumile Thompson, can also be concerned in an ongoing lawsuit in opposition to Egon.
Within the lawsuit, Madlib and his authorized staff 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 not too long ago found “a number of 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, amongst different issues, funds to EGON, JANK and others as ‘consulting,’ ‘commissions,’ ‘charges’ or ‘reimbursements’ (totaling within the a number of hundred 1000’s of {dollars}).”
Additional, Madlib claims that Egon “improperly inserted” his personal file 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 a number of key music enterprise platforms that he ought to have entry to together with however not restricted to Ingrooves, Apple Music, Bandcamp, and YouTube in addition to MADLIB’s personal Fb account and the Instagram account for his QUASIMOTO character.”
Madlib is in search of 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 courtroom that not one of the defendants “personal or has any persevering with proper or curiosity” in his recorded music, skilled profession, registered emblems, and title and likeness. He and his staff 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.
