Cordae Faces $25 Million Lawsuit Claiming Anderson .Paak Collab Album Breaches Record Deal

A new lawsuit alleges rapper Cordae is violating his exclusive record deal by teaming up with Anderson .Paak for their upcoming collaborative album Heavy is the Crown .

Cordae was sued Thursday (Oct.

15) by MMMG Inc., a Florida-based label that claims to have sole rights to the rapper’s recordings.

MMMG says Cordae is flouting that contract by instead releasing Heavy is the Crown , out Oct.

23, via Anderson .Paak’s label APESHIT, Mass Appeal and EMPIRE.

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“Rather than live up to his commitments, Cordae prefers to put his head in the sand and pretend that the agreement does not even exist.

This lawsuit is the direct result of Cordae’s mistreatment of MMMG.” According to the lawsuit, MMMG signed Cordae to an exclusive record deal back in 2018 and released his first two albums, with distribution from Atlantic Records.

The label claims it has 100% ownership of Cordae’s recorded copyrights and sole rights to his merch, touring and endorsements.

MMMG claims Cordae has already violated their record deal for years by selling merch on his own and not sharing profits with the label.

Now, he’s allegedly “made matters far worse” by planning a new album release without MMMG’s permission or participation.

The label says it sent a cease-and-desist letter to Cordae and his new label/distribution partners as soon as Heavy is the Crown was announced in August, but that Cordae “rebuffed” them and refused to halt the album.