Congrats to clients Henny Tha Bizness and Groove on their GOLD STATUS certification as a production team on the single “Sacrifices” on Dreamville’s Revenge of the Dreamers 3!
Client News: Emmy Nomination x Surviving R. Kelly
Congratulations to the entire team of Lifetime Surviving R Kelly on your Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Informational Series!
Standing beside my client Kitti Jones and watching her incredible strength and courage to tell her story along with each of these women despite the naysayers and bumps in the road has been so amazing, inspiring, and life changing experience as a her lawyer, as a woman, as a black woman.
Thank you Lifetime for your care in telling their stories. Thank you television Academy for acknowledging the power and value in the telling of black stories.
BILLBOARD FEATURE X 21 SAVAGE DEPORTATION
Jacquees vs Ella Mai - How to Legally Make Cover Songs
In case you missed the buzz on Twitter last week. The internet exploded when Jacquees’ cover of “Trip” by Ella Mai was removed from Soundcloud and Youtube. While the internet decided it was a hater move on the part of Ella Mai, her label made it clear it was business related and she had no say in the matter.
A better description is that it was a LEGAL matter. As T-Pain pointed out you CANNOT monetize material that does not belong to you. In simple words that is THEFT in legal terms it is copyright infringement.
So how do artists cover other people’s songs all the time and how was THIS different?
Follow the jump to find out!
CLIENT NEWS: FUTURE OF SPORTS X WASHINGTONIAN
This week's flashback Friday goes to client Future of Sports. A new client to the roster, it's owner Nicole Pinedo has a new spin on the museum experience fusing an interactive sports themed installations within functionally sized spaces able to host actual fitness class and events.
It's first installation in Washington DC caught the attention of the Washingtonian where it named it "Part Instagram dreamworld, part nostalgic playground, the whole thing is a millennial heaven"
Here are a few pics of the installation:
CLIENT NEWS: TRAP KARAOKE X ESSENCE FESTIVAL
CLIENT NEWS: RUNGRL X ESSENCE FESTIVAL
Guess who’s partnered with Essence Festival to bring you a dope running experience while you takeover the NO! Congratulations to @ashleesimone and the entire @rungrlco squad! Happy to play a tiny part in this magic!
CLIENT NEWS: PIMP C miniseries airs on BET
Lebron James puts Nick Saban on notice for Copyright and Trademark Infringement
LeBron's camp slapped my beloved University of Alabama with an Infringement Notice that smelled heavily of a Cease & Desist (although they deny it is a cease and desist) for releasing a digital series called "Shop Talk" strikingly similar to "The Shop" released by LeBron's Uninterrupted platform.
Here are the details and clips of both shows from ESPN, Alabama, and UnInterrupted:
CLIENT NEWS: Kitti Jones' Book Named Top 12 Summer Reading
Following client Kitti Jones' appearance on NBC's TODAY Show with Megyn Kelly featuring her biographical novel "I Was Somebody Before This" the Muse.com featured the book on it's 12 Perfect Books for Your End-of-Summer Reading List.
A definite page turning must read story of survival despite the unthinkable, Kitti's book is available for Kindle and on Paperback: HERE