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Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube are fighting being deposed as part of the lawsuit accusing them of fraud, Us Weekly can exclusively report. The rappers adamantly deny all allegations of wrongdoing in the case.
Snoop Dogg, 53, and Ice Cube, 56, filed court docs in August asking a judge to rule they did not have to appear for a deposition scheduled for October, where they were set to be grilled about the facts of a lawsuit brought by a company called Westside Merchandise.
The legal drama started on November 18, 2024, when Westside Merchandising LLC sued Snoop, Ice Cube, E-40, Too Short and Mount Westmore LLC for breach of contract, fraud, conversion and various other claims.
Mount Westmore is a group consisting of Snoop, Ice Cube, E-40, 57, and Too Short, 59. The legendary musicians, who have worked together for years, released their debut album in 2022.
In the lawsuit, the merch company said it entered into a deal in 2022 with the rappers to be the exclusive vendor for Mount Westmore merchandise.
Westside Merchandising said it provided the rappers with certain advances and royalties due to it being told that Mount Westmore planned to go on a 60-date tour in America and Europe, where the merchandise would be sold to fans.
“[Westside Merchandising] was also assured that Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube, both of whom were defined as key men under the [agreement], would publicize and promote the agreement by producing a promotional video to be posted on [Mount Westmore’s] social media accounts and by appearing at a retail location of Westside’s choice,” a lawyer for the company wrote. “None of this happened.”
“In fact, the only appearance Defendants made was a VIP meet and greet event at which Snoop Dogg appeared to sell his own merchandise, rather,” the lawyer added.
The company said it paid the defendants a total of $1.375 million after the contract was executed, only for the rappers to allegedly bail on their contractual obligations.
The suit said Mount Westmore did not perform the 60 concerts they promised. “Instead, they appeared at a mere three concerts in 2022, and zero concerts in 2023 or 2024.” The company also alleged Snoop and Ice failed to “make the required promotional videos to promote” the merchandise “as required by the terms” of the deal.
5 comments:
They did it. Probably why these fraudsters both all of a sudden are sympathetic to Trump, so that they will get a pardon down the line along with all of the other rappers.
For the love of money.
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This is business as usual for the old guard of "rap entertainers" the primary reason the tik tok generation, social media entertainers, streamers are replacing them
Good riddens to bad rubbish
Did you mean “ Good riddens to old rubbish”?
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