Runtown and Record Label Ericmany At War.
A lot of Nigerian acts seem to always have issue with the label or management company they sign too. Today Runtown is the latest, a lawsuit has been filed against Runtown by his label Ericmany.
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has slammed an injunction against the rising musical artiste Douglas Jack-Agu aka “Runtown”. The injunction prevents him from performing at any event or any form of recording for the time being unless with the approval of Ericmany Limited.Runtown is signed under the Ericmany Entertainment label that presently holds the copyright to all his music. He was sued in the Federal High Court by Ericmany on allegations that he signs up, concludes and attends musical shows without the knowledge of the label.Ericmany Entertainment was said to have invested millions of naira on Runtown. However trouble started when Runtown apparently with the connivance of Bug Media ran by one Bugwu Aneto began to sideline Ericmany and collected money directly for shows without the knowledge of Ericmany. Bug Media is also a party to the court case.In another twist of events, the management of Ericmany has sacked the said Bugwu Aneto as General Manager of the company for infractions which might not be unconnected with his alleged connivance with Runtown to shortchange the Label Ericamany.Our reporter learnt that all inquiries about the artiste and bookings for shows would no longer be through Aneto but through the management of Ericmany.It is not clear how the young artiste is reacting to the court case and injunction. Observers suggest he was misled by Bugwu, the former General Manager of Ericmany to ditch his boss and benefactor Ericmany, and may now that the chips are down find ways to go back and reconcile with the Ericmany.
See Below the 5 Pages Court Injunction issued;
UPDATE:
Runtown Responds to Claims Of Unpaid Royalties and Death Threats by Ericmany
Runtown responds to Ericmany, the record label that he is currently signed to, with letters from him and his attorneys claiming that he has never been paid royalties from digital records sales by Ericmany. According to the attached letters below, Ericmany boss Okwudili Umenyiora has also been alleged to threaten Runtown’s life on several occasions.
Read the letters below:
