The lyrics, “You don’t want no problems, want no problems with me,” is literally the mood of Chance the Rapper right now.
As per the Chicago Tribune, Chance the Rapper’s former manager, Pat Corcoran served him with a $2.5 million dollar lawsuit for alleged unpaid expenses.
And now just two months later, Chance (born Chancelor Bennett) has hit back – this time with his own lawsuit.
Chance’s attorneys said in a statement, “Mr. Corcoran has been paid in full under his management services contract with Mr. Bennett. Yet he chose to file a groundless and insulting lawsuit that ignores his own improper self-dealing and incompetence.”
The statement continues, “Mr. Bennett has moved to dismiss the majority of that meritless lawsuit, and filed his own lawsuit to remedy the harm that Mr. Corcoran caused through his breaches of duty. Mr. Bennett trusts the legal system to reveal the truth of the parties’ relationship in due course.”
Corcoran began managing Bennett back in 2013, after reaching an oral agreement that he would manage Chance the Rapper with a rate of 15% of the artist’s net music profits.
The ex-partners have offered up two very conflicting lawsuits, where Corcoran’s sings his own praises as an excellent manager who backed an artist who didn’t take his advice.
Love Hip Hop?
Get the latest Hip Hop news, features, updates and giveaways straight to your inbox Learn more
On the other hand, Bennett slams his previous manager’s competency in representing him and his career, calling him a “marginally competent business manager” and a “bullying and abrasive self-promoter”.
According to the suit, Bennett says that their agreement turned sour many years later once he found out that his ex-manager had “effectively sabotaged” a huge deal which would have made him the face of the music distributor, UnitedMasters.
He alleges in the suit that Corcoran allegedly traded on his “good name” for his personal benefit, providing examples too.
Further to Bennett’s case, Corcoran “sought to extort kickbacks from merchandise vendors by threatening that Mr. Bennett’s businesses would not hire the vendor unless the vendor gave Mr. Corcoran an equity interest in the vendor or made a payment to Mr. Corcoran or one of his businesses.”
Among many other instances which have surfaced as part of the legal case, Chance terminated work with Corcoran in April 2020 last year.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Corcoran has not yet transferred the domain registration for his website or his fan mailing list.
Watch the music video for ‘No Problems’ by Chance The Rapper featuring 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne.
