{"id":4689,"date":"2025-03-13T22:27:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T22:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/offset-sues-set-it-off-producer-in-lawsuit-over-contract-dispute\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T22:27:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T22:27:41","slug":"offset-sues-set-it-off-producer-in-lawsuit-over-contract-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/offset-sues-set-it-off-producer-in-lawsuit-over-contract-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Offset Sues ‘Set It Off’ Producer in Lawsuit Over Contract Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tOffset is suing a producer who worked on his 2023 album Set It Off<\/em>, claiming the one-time collaborator has been demanding a large increase in fees and royalties long after the deal was done.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court, attorneys for the former Migos member say that reps for ChaseTheMoney (Chase Rose) signed a contract ahead of the album\u2019s October 2023 release, covering payment for his production work on the track \u201cWorth It.\u201d But months later, ChaseTheMoney\u2019s new manager allegedly reached out to demand more money for the same work.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe new manager proposed new terms for the producer agreement, including a producer fee that was more than five times the amount of the producer fee that was agreed upon, and a royalty percentage more than double,\u201d Offset\u2019s lawyers write in their Tuesday (March 11) court complaint.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter Offset\u2019s team \u201cpromptly responded\u201d the deal had already been locked down and \u201cwould not be re-negotiated,\u201d his lawyers say reps for ChaseTheMoney repeatedly offered other versions of the contract, each containing \u201cdifferent proposals as to the financial terms.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen Offset\u2019s team allegedly continued to refuse to alter the deal, the lawsuit claims that ChaseTheMoney began claiming that the previous manager who had negotiated the Set It Off<\/em> deal \u2014 a man identified only as J Hill in court documents \u2014 was actually \u201cnot his manager\u201d at the time the original deal was struck.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut according to Tuesday\u2019s lawsuit, ChaseTheMoney clearly sent them to J Hill to work out the deal, saying the producer told Offset and his team via text message that Hill would \u201cfigure logistics\u201d for clearing his contributions to \u201cWorth It.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cChaseTheMoney referred to J Hill as his manager in various correspondence to Offset and his A&R team [and] ChaseTheMoney directed Offset and his A&R team to discuss the clearance of the recording with J Hill on ChaseTheMoney\u2019s behalf,\u201d Offset\u2019s lawyers write. \u201cJ Hill had confirmed in writing that he represented ChaseTheMoney as his manager, and no person affiliated with or connected to ChaseTheMoney had ever claimed or contended prior to July of 2024 that that J Hill was not ChaseTheMoney\u2019s manager.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe terms of the original deal, according to Offset, gave Chase a $10,000 producer fee and half of the 2 percent producer royalty, minus certain amounts that were deemed recording costs and recoupable advances.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen reached for comment Thursday (March 13) via direct message on Instagram, ChaseTheMoney said: \u201cI\u2019m not being sued. It\u2019s the other way around lol.\u201d He declined to comment further, then deleted those messages. After a review of court records, Billboard <\/em>was not able to locate a lawsuit filed by Chase against Offset.<\/p>\n

\n\tReps for Offset did not immediately return requests for comment on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn technical terms, the lawsuit filed this week is what\u2019s known as a \u201cdeclaratory judgment\u201d action \u2014meaning Offset is not accusing Chase<\/em> of legal wrongdoing but instead is arguing that Chase is improperly accusing him<\/em> of doing something wrong. By filing such a case, Offset is asking a judge to rule that the original contract is valid and enforceable and that he has complied with all of its requirements.<\/p>\n

\n\tTuesday isn\u2019t the first time Offset has filed such a lawsuit over a music contract.<\/p>\n

\n\tBack in 2022, the rapper filed a similar declaratory judgment lawsuit against Quality Control Music, the record label that helped launch his career as a member of Migos. In it, he claimed the company was continuing to seek to control of his solo work, even though he had \u201cpaid handsomely\u201d for the right to break free from his original record deal: \u201cOffset now brings this action to vindicate his rights and to make it clear to the world that Offset, not Quality Control, owns Offset\u2019s music.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe star later dropped that lawsuit in August 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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