{"id":6000,"date":"2025-05-23T12:42:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/madlibs-ex-manager-files-countersuit-citing-mac-miller-music-release\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:42:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:42:30","slug":"madlibs-ex-manager-files-countersuit-citing-mac-miller-music-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/madlibs-ex-manager-files-countersuit-citing-mac-miller-music-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Madlib’s Ex-Manager Files Countersuit Citing Mac Miller Music Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tM<\/span>onths after hip-hop producer Madlib filed a lawsuit against his former manager and business partner Eothen \u201cEgon\u201d Alapatt<\/strong>, the exec is now suing him right back \u2014 blasting him for \u201chaving the audacity to bring this mean-spirited personal action\u201d and citing a potential release of music by the late Mac Miller.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a countersuit filed last week in Los Angeles court, Egon accused Madlib of a wide range of \u201cmisconduct\u201d following the sudden end of their long partnership \u2014 a split that Egon said came after he had spent more than a decade building Madlib\u2019s career and catering to his \u201cwhims and eccentricities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMadlib had the audacity to bring this mean-spirited personal action against Egon, accusing him with no basis or any proof,\u201d Kenneth Freundlich<\/strong>, the manager\u2019s lawyer, writes in the May 14 cross-complaint. \u201cInstead, under the apparent spell of his transactional lawyer\/manager, it is Madlib who has unlawfully absconded with [shared] property.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lawsuit did not disclose the identity of the \u201clawyer\/manager\u201d in question. Madlib\u2019s attorney did not immediately return a request for comment on the allegations in the countersuit.<\/p>\n

\n\tMadlib, a critically acclaimed producer known for his work with Kanye West (now Ye) and the late MF Doom, filed his lawsuit against Egon in October, accusing him of \u201crank self-dealing\u201d and \u201cpervasive mismanagement.\u201d The case accused Egon of abusing his power over their companies (record label Madicine Show and merch firm Rapp Cats) to profit at Madlib\u2019s expense.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut in last week\u2019s countersuit, it was Egon\u2019s turn to level accusations. After more than a decade together, he says Madlib \u201ccut off all ties\u201d in 2022 and launched his own label called Madlib Invazion \u2014 a name he says belongs to their old company. In one of his many claims, he says Madlib is infringing Madicine Show\u2019s trademarks by using that name.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt could not be clearer that Madlib did this to usurp and disrupt Madicine Show\u2019s business and to blatantly trade on the goodwill created by Madicine Show in the name \u2018Madlib Invazion,\u2019\u201d Egon\u2019s lawyers wrote.\u00a0\u201cBecause of Madlib\u2019s nefarious formation of a record label with the identical name \u2026 the public is confused and misled.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEgon says Madlib\u2019s new label is interfering with music projects that legally belong to the old company, including the release of a years-old recording of the late Miller that has long been rumored to be <\/a>in the works. (Miller\u2019s estate is not involved in the dispute nor accused of any wrongdoing.) He also says Madlib is refusing to complete an album for Freddie Gibbs that they are contractually obligated to deliver to Sony Music.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lawsuit from Madlib is the second legal battle Egon has faced in recent years. Back in 2023, MF Doom\u2019s widow (Jasmine Dumile Thompson) filed a case against him, claiming he stole dozens of private notebooks belonging to the late hip-hop legend and was refusing to return them in the years since Doom\u2019s 2020 death.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a response filing, Egon\u2019s lawyers blasted that case as \u201cbaseless and libelous\u201d and part of a \u201cyear-long smear campaign.\u201d The lawsuit ended last year with a settlement, which reportedly saw the notes returned to Thompson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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