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Kanye West On The Lawsuit He Filed Against Roc-A-Fella and EMI

US rapper Kanye West filed a lawsuit against his music label Roc-A-Fella and EMI weeks back to get full ownership of his music and receive some unpaid royalties for the period he has been with them.

Kanye reportedly claimed that EMI gained millions of dollars unjustly and now he wants a declaration stopping them from exploiting the composition he delivered to EMI after 2010.

EMI made their first counter-move against Kanye but in the legal documents obtained by Hollywood Reporter, the company’s contract with Kanye West reveals that he’s not forbidden from retiring.

“You (Mr. West) hereby represent and warrant that to [EMI] that You will, throughout the Term as extended by this Modification, remain actively involved in writing, recording and producing Compositions and Major Label Albums, as Your principle occupation. At no time during the Term will you seek to retire as a songwriter, recording artist or producer or take any extended hiatus during which you are not actively pursuing Your musical career in the same basic manner as You have pursued such career to date. (The preceding representation shall not be deemed to prevent You from taking a vacation of limited duration.”

Kanye has been with EMI since 2003 when he signed with them while working on College Dropout. Once the album was released EMI exercised the option to extend the contract with additional terms.

“The seven-year period ended under this contract on October 1, 2010. For more than eight years thereafter — more than double the maximum seven-year period California law allows — EMI has enforced rights in violation of California law, depriving Mr. West of the ‘breathing period’ that California law mandates,” the complaint reads

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