![]() The theme song and breakout record from the soundtrack, Aaliyah’s “Try Again,” was the first single in Billboard chart history to reach #1 on the Hot 100 based solely off of radio airplay. The soundtrack features records from Aaliyah, including her smash hit “Try Again,” the Aaliyah and DMX collaboration “Come Back In One Piece,” as well as records from Joe, Timbaland and Magoo, Destiny’s Child, and more. Released in 2000, “Romeo Must Die” was Aaliyah’s acting debut in a major motion picture, co-starring alongside Jet Li and DMX. ![]() Doolittle.” This re-release is the third installment from Blackground Records 2.0 following Aaliyah’s One In A Million album and the Timbaland and Magoo catalogue. He is represented by Kelli Byers Hooper with Hooper & Honore.Blackground Records 2.0 re-releases two legendary soundtracks from their catalogue “Romeo Must Die” and “Exit Wounds” plus Aaliyah’s iconic record “Are You That Somebody,” originally featured on the soundtrack for the film “Dr. He seeks an accounting and compensatory and punitive damages for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and breach of contract. He claims the defendants cost him more than $500,000. He claims they failed to provide an accounting of the royalties he should have received after 2003, never sent him 1099 forms, and refused to pay his share of the royalties. Walker claims the Hankersons received and cashed royalty checks intended for him, and forged his signature so they could deposit checks in Blackground Records' account. "In 2012, the Internal Revenue Service notified plaintiff that he owed taxes on approximately $262,580.00 income, which had been reported as 1099 income from 2004 to 2011." "From 2003 to 2011, plaintiff received no income statements from Blackground Records, LLC, Barry Hankerson or Jomo Hankerson for royalty income received from EMI. After her untimely death, plaintiff left Blackground Records, to pursue other projects. Tragically, Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in 2003. ![]() At the time of the contract, Aaliyah was one of the hottest R&B artists, with numerous platinum and double platinum albums. "The primary artist who plaintiff provided services to Blackground Records for was Aaliyah. "Contemporaneously, plaintiff was inducted to enter into a publishing contract with Black Fountain, a subsidiary of Blackground Records. "On or around 2000, plaintiff was induced by Barry Hankerson to enter into a contract under which plaintiff would split royalties for songwriting, production and copyright of songs," the complaint states. In 2012, Black Fountain Music became a subsidiary of New York-based Reservoir Media Management, according to the complaint. He claims that in 2000 he signed a management deal with Blackground Records, a California-based record label, and a publishing agreement with its then-subsidiary Black Fountain Music. In his complaint, Walker claims he is "an award winning record producer, who is professionally known as 'J-Dub' and commonly referred to as 'the finisher' for his ability to professionally smooth out vocals and create chart topping and award winning records." Jeffery Walker II sued Blackground Records, Black Fountain Music, Blackground Records founder Barry Hankerson, and his son Jomo Hankerson, in Fulton County Superior Court. ATLANTA (CN) - A music producer claims in court that Blackground Records owes him hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties for his work with late R&B artist Aaliyah and others.
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