Joyner Lucas has a lot to say. After coming at Karen Civil over $60,000 he claims she scammed him for, he’s setting his sights on music executive Steve Stoute.
In a series of tweets, the rapper claims that Stoute and his company UnitedMasters recently raised $50 million from Apple to help artists with their careers. Joyner claims that Stoute sent him, and independent artist, copyright infringement paperwork over the phrase “record label in your pocket,” for which Stoute holds the copyright.
After everything that transpired yesterday with #KarenCivil , it made me realize I been holding in alot. She’s small fry.. How bout a guy who got over $100 mill to help serve artists with tech. $50 mill from @Apple just months ago. @SteveStoute and @unitedmasters your lame AF!
— Joyner Lucas (@JoynerLucas) September 19, 2021
You raised $50M from Apple to help artists & their careers @unitedmasters but you just paid lawyers thousands to send me (an INDEPENDENT ARTIST) a copyright infringement for saying the words “record label in your pocket,” how are you acting any different then a major label?🤨 🤔
— Joyner Lucas (@JoynerLucas) September 19, 2021
In another tweet, Joyner posted the cease and desist letter from UnitedMasters to Tully App for using the phrase.
This is the bullshit you sent me? I’m a successful independent artist, I built something to help the creative community, you raised millions with @Apple to do the same, so why not call me? Why send me this @SteveStoute?? pic.twitter.com/3hkWVOQ8kS
— Joyner Lucas (@JoynerLucas) September 19, 2021
“And @SteveStoute don’t do the industry bs and say you had no idea legal did that. You paid them thousands to send copyright infringement letters to me,” he wrote. ”You spent thousands on legal just to register trademark names to prevent independent artists to push the exact same narrative.”
And @SteveStoute don’t do the industry bs and say you had no idea legal did that. You paid them thousands to send copyright infringement letters to me. You spent thousands on legal just to register trademark names to prevent independent artists to push the exact same narrative. pic.twitter.com/Be8pJFCj8Z
— Joyner Lucas (@JoynerLucas) September 19, 2021
Joyner is now encouraging other artists to speak up about their experiences with UnitedMasters.
From all the artists signed up at UnitedMasters how many actually land a brand partnership or placement? I ask artist to step forward and speak on that and give the truth. Your a distribution company, what other tools does @unitedmasters provide? Il wait…. 🤔
— Joyner Lucas (@JoynerLucas) September 19, 2021
This music industry is off the fucking chain, these execs be getting over like crazy. If I would have got signed when I was an artist, most likely, I would have been robbed too. We be talking about how these white people run the music industry and rob blacks but its blacks robbing blacks too! SMH!