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Drake is not the only artist Not satisfied with the World Music Collection now. Iggy azalea, the real name Amethyst Amelia Kelly, claims that the company has crucified it on “millions of dollars in the rear wage”, and recently offered a $ 18,000 settlement instead of the amount “within the eighth number” that it says owes it. “I was told that this is a natural response from their lawyers and after their appearance in court, they end up paying millions as they are supposed to be,” she wrote. On x on saturday. “Fortunately, I am in a good position and I can follow this problem until they pay me what they owe.” The rapper was behind the strikes like “Fance” and “Black Widow” more severe in A. Follow -up PostAdvertising, “comprehensive music on the occasion of my words that you are an ugly prostitute – will pay me what is worthy.”
Azalea – which occurred with UMG’s Island Def Jam in 2013, moved to UMG’s Island records after the parachute unit was divided into separate marks, and eventually announced its departure in 2018 – that the company did not push its introductions “to anything outside” the United States. I claimed that “UMG criminals” benefit from other artists who could not withstand the costs of fighting to be fully paid, and called on the company to do better work. According to isolation, its conflict with the company was unilaterally for more than two years. UMG did not immediately respond to Vulture request for comment.
Azalea is not the first person to prevent the UMG royalty system. Last year, Bizkit dig A law against UMG filed allegations that the band “did not witness ten cents in royalties”, claiming that the company had designed a software system “prevented artists from their salaries.” At that time, I told UMG Exec Hollywood Observer There was a “one -time error” because of the new programs; After that, the band paid a million dollars in the rear royalties, and the posters owned by the main singer Fred Dorset received $ 2.3 million for a deal made in 1999. UMG agent claimed that the company had recently started paying royalties because Bizkit had received $ 43 million in progress. (Limp Bizkit suggested that the number was closer to $ 13 million.) In January, Plate The judge’s decision described that Bizkit Al -Arjj cannot empty its contracts with UMG as a lakiah for the division’s lawsuit, although the band’s lawyers said in a statement that the court “supported the majority of our claims” and confirmed that “the world” will be calculated for its actions.
