The widow of Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard has filed a $1 million lawsuit claiming the band production company has failed to make regular royalty payments to the estate since 2011, a…
She wants her dollar, dollar bills, y’all.
Icelene Jones, ODB’s estate administrator, brought a case against Wu-Tang Productions, Inc. — which is run by the late rapper’s cousin Bobby “RZA” Diggs — alleging it breached an agreement signed in 1992, according to the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit. Jones was entitled to royalties from merchandising including clothes, tv shows, products, videos and other uses of his image and name under the agreement, the filing claims.
While there was one $130,000 payment made on July 6, 2021, and “certain payments” made by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. in 2019 and 2020, those “represent only a small percentage of amounts payable to the estate under the recording agreement,” the court papers allege.Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s widow Icelene Jones, right, says she is owed royalties from the use of his likeness and merchandise and is seeking $1 million in damages.
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