{"id":6630,"date":"2025-06-24T02:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/roc-nation-asks-to-be-dismissed-as-defendant-in-case\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T02:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:55:08","slug":"roc-nation-asks-to-be-dismissed-as-defendant-in-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/roc-nation-asks-to-be-dismissed-as-defendant-in-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Roc Nation Asks to Be Dismissed as Defendant in Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tR<\/span>oc Nation wants out of an explosive new lawsuit accusing Fat Joe of victimizing his longtime hypeman via a wide-ranging criminal enterprise, saying it\u2019s \u201cnonsensical\u201d to suggest the rapper\u2019s management company was involved in any of the scandalous behavior alleged in the case.<\/p>\n

\n\tJay-Z\u2019s entertainment company was among a slew of people and companies named last week in Terrance \u201cT.A.\u201d Dixon\u2019s lawsuit against Fat Joe (Joseph Cartagena). Dixon, Fat Joe\u2019s hypeman for over a decade, said he was forced to work without pay while being subjected to psychological manipulation and exposed to sexual misconduct, including the trafficking of underage girls.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe claims in Dixon\u2019s Thursday (June 19) complaint, which Fat Joe has fiercely denied and characterized as extortion, are framed as a racketeering enterprise abetted by Roc Nation and other outside entities. But Roc Nation\u2019s attorneys quickly filed a motion to dismiss on Monday (June 23), saying the company \u201chas nothing to do with any of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRoc Nation\u2019s alleged role in this case \u2014 according to plaintiff himself \u2014 is that it became Mr. Cartagena\u2019s artist management company in 2017, and in that capacity, earned a commission on revenue Mr. Cartagena generated,\u201d writes Roc Nation\u2019s lawyer Alex Spiro<\/strong>. \u201cYet, according to plaintiff, the fact that Roc Nation had a business relationship with Mr. Cartagena somehow makes Roc Nation part of a RICO [Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act] enterprise, a participant in sex trafficking, and an aider-and-abettor of Mr. Cartagena\u2019s alleged conduct. That is nonsensical.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to Monday\u2019s motion, there\u2019s not a single factual allegation in the complaint that ties Roc Nation to any of Fat Joe\u2019s alleged wrongdoing. Dixon\u2019s lawsuit claimed the management company was responsible for his withheld wages, but Spiro says Roc Nation only manages Fat Joe\u2019s catalog, publishing rights and intellectual property.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHow Roc Nation supposedly knew of this deplorable alleged conduct is a mystery,\u201d writes Spiro. \u201cHe does not assert how Roc Nation\u2019s management of Mr. Cartagena\u2019s music business gave it insight into how much plaintiff should have been paid, what he was paid, or any venture to deprive him of adequate compensation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement to Billboard <\/em>on Monday, Spiro says, \u201cRoc Nation has nothing to do with any of this. Nothing. And we expect this case to be dismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tReached for comment on Monday, Dixon\u2019s attorney Tyrone Blackburn <\/strong>tells Billboard<\/em> he will oppose Roc Nation\u2019s motion to be dismissed from the case.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI am happy to see that Roc Nation was smart enough to distance itself from Fat Joe and his RICO enterprise,\u201d adds Blackburn. \u201cThe plaintiff has no personal animosity towards Roc Nation or its leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDixon\u2019s case against Fat Joe was actually preceded by the rapper suing Dixon and Blackburn for extortion. Two months ago, Fat Joe filed a lawsuit accusing the former hypeman and his attorney of trying to extract a settlement with \u201cwholly fabricated\u201d and \u201cgrotesque\u201d claims of pedophilia.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement after Dixon filed his own lawsuit last week, Fat Joe\u2019s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, <\/strong>said they\u2019ll continue to fight the claims and that \u201claw enforcement is aware of the extortionate demand at the heart of this scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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