Muni Lengthy is dealing with explosive allegations in a brand new federal lawsuit claiming the Grammy-winning singer refused to pay her longtime managers lots of of hundreds of {dollars} after they helped relaunch her profession and safe key offers.
The lawsuit by Ebony Son Leisure, Inc.—run by {industry} veterans Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon, who as soon as managed Ludacris and based the legendary Disturbing Tha Peace label—accuses Lengthy and her firms of breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and fraud-like enterprise practices.
In accordance with the submitting, Lengthy, born Priscilla Renea Hamilton, entered right into a verbal administration take care of Ebony Son on the 2023 Essence Competition, agreeing to pay the industry-standard 20 % of her gross income plus bills.
The managers say they guided her by the rollout of her 2024 album Revenge, which featured the hit “Made For Me” and helped her earn a Grammy.
The Criticism alleges that Lengthy and her affiliated firms—Tremendous Big Information LLC, Muni Lengthy Inc., Muni World Inc., and White Rose Backyard LLC—paid commissions for greater than a 12 months earlier than abruptly halting funds in October 2024 and terminating the connection in January 2025.
“Muni Lengthy shamelessly reneged on her guarantees to pay Plaintiff the agreed-upon, customary proportion of income she earned, and solely earned as a result of Plaintiff assisted in acquiring these engagements. This beautiful show of ungratefulness and lack of integrity compels Plaintiff’s pursuit of the claims within the Criticism to acquire that which rightfully belongs to Plaintiff,” the Criticism states.
Ebony Son claims it generated greater than $5 million in whole income for Lengthy, together with main efficiency dates on the Aretha Franklin Theater, SiriusXM Atlanta, and the So So Def Present, in addition to publishing and songwriting offers with Shenseea and Tiwa Savage.
The corporate alleges greater than $612,000 stays unpaid, together with $458,600 in commissions and $153,698 in bills.
The managers additionally accuse Lengthy of utilizing her community of enterprise entities to “protect belongings and conceal earnings,” arguing the company construction must be ignored so all of her firms may be held collectively liable.
The lawsuit seeks full fee of commissions and bills, a judicial declaration confirming the 20 % verbal settlement, and the appointment of a particular grasp to audit Lengthy’s monetary information.
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