Music Business World
Over four years ago, Chance The Rapper (aka Chancelor Bennett) was sued by his former manager, Pat ‘The Manager’ Corcoran. Corcoran claimed that he was owed millions in unpaid commissions after being terminated in April 2020.
Corcoran claimed there was a verbal agreement that Chance would pay him commission during their working relationship and for three years after termination.
Chance, via his legal team, argues that the alleged verbal agreement violates the so-called ‘Statute of Frauds‘ (which requires certain contracts lasting longer than one year to be in writing) and should be dismissed.
Now, it looks like the long-running legal battle is headed to trial after a judge in Illinois denied Chance’s motion for summary judgment last week.
Chance the Rapper’s legal counsel told us in a statement following last week’s order that, “Mr. Bennett looks forward to further demonstrating at trial that this claim by his disgruntled former manager is entirely meritless…” (MBW)
