Last July, Atlanta hip-hop trio Migos filed a lawsuit against their former attorney, Damien Granderson. But now, as reported by Variety, the lawsuit has been dismissed.
The reports suggest that the complaint was filed based on the grounds that Granderson had “abused his position of trust and Migos’ fiduciary from the moment he was retained as Migos’ lawyer” and “cheated [the group] out of millions of dollars.” He was accused of “glaring conflicts of interest,” and favoring the group’s label Quality Control, which he also previously represented. While the lawsuit did not clearly state the amount of damages sought by Migos, instead it suggested Migos was asking for “millions of dollars” Granderson had been accused of stealing.
Damien Granderson had been working with Migos for over 5 years reportedly, and had helped them exit 300 Entertainment in 2017 to join Capitol, which the group suggests have not been in their best interest since. The lawsuit claims that Granderson cost Migos, namely Quavo (Quavious Marshall), Offset (Kiari Cephus), and Takeoff (Kirsnick Ball), millions of dollars during the time he was helping the group’s exit from 300 Entertainment.
As the group continues to be embroiled in legal issues, their long-awaited album Culture III is nowhere to be seen, as of February 2021. Quality Control’s co-founder Pierre “Pee” Thomas had called the complaint “nonsense”. In an Instagram post last year, referring to the death of Lil Marlo, an Atlanta rapper that was signed to Quality Control, Thomas said:
“It is unfortunate that the same people that we have worked hard, provided opportunities for, and championed for are now alleging that we have participated in any kind of immoral or unfair business practices or took advantage of them and their careers, especially while we are dealing with the death of an artist on our label that was dear to us”
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