Megan Thee Stallion sues record label for stopping her from releasing new music

The ‘Hot Girl Summer’ rapper has taken action against her label 1501 Entertainment

Megan Thee Stallion files lawsuit against her record label (Getty)

Megan Thee Stallion has filed a lawsuit against her label 1501 Entertainment and CEO Carl Crawford.

The "Hot Girl Summer" rapper says she took the “extraordinary step” of filing for a restraining order because 1501 was ordering her distributor “not to release or distribute any of her new music”.

Megan Thee Stallion, real name, Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, says that new music is set to be released on Friday (March 6) and legal action has to be taken as otherwise, she risks “irreparable injury” to her career.

In response to the lawsuit, a Texas judge granted Pete a temporary restraining order against 1501, telling the label “to do nothing to prevent the release, distribution, and sale of Pete’s new records,” and “to refrain from threatening or posting any threatening any retaliatory social media posts or threats against Pete”.

Despite amassing an estimated $7 million (£5.5m) through track downloads and streams, Pete alleges her recording contract has seen her paid just $15,000 (£12m) by the 1501.

She previously told fans she had tried to change the terms of her deal with the label after bringing on Jay-Z’s Roc Nation management.

“When I signed, I didn’t really know what was in my contract. I was young, I think I was, like, 20,” she said.

“So when I got with Roc Nation, I got management, real management.”

Pete said she had been “attacked and threatened” on social media by Crawford and 1501 after signing to Roc nation management.

In the court papers, she claims they have been threatening her with physical harm and distributing her mug shot from an arrest five years ago.

Pete awaits a hearing on whether to extend or terminate the contract on 13 March in Texas.