Bad Boy Chiller Crew Sues Former Label For Royalty Payment Issues

Bad Boy Chiller Crew, a British rap collective (Instagram @badboychillerclub)

JAKARTA - Kolektif rap asal Inggris, Bad Boy Chiller Crew (BBCC) dilaporkan gugatan kepada House Anxiety, label rekaman mereka dulu. Grup bergabungan Gareth Kelly, Sam Robinson, dan Kane Welsh itu mengklaim bahwa mereka memiliki royalties yang belum dibayarkan.

Through the official Instagram account, BBCC also uploaded a screenshot of the news entitled 'Bad Boy Chiller Crew Group Sues Record Label'.

"Hopefully this can explain a few things to many people. We need the support of fans more than ever. Thank you," wrote the BBCC, citing an upload caption, Friday, December 13.

According to BBC reports, the rap group was supposed to be sent a royalty statement by House Anxiety every six months, but only received one once in October this year.

Gareth Kelly cs claims that most of the royalties have been deducted incorrectly. They also suspect the label did not disclose the amount of the licensing agreement with Relentless, Sony Music's subsidiary.

BBCC admits that it cannot accurately calculate the total amount that must be received from the label. However, they estimate the amount that has not been paid is around 400 thousand pounds (Rp. 8.1 billion).

On the other hand, House Anxiety has denied BBCC's claims. It was stated that their current contract with the rap group was over.

In June, BBCC independently released an EP titled 'Summer 24', but the catalog was removed from Spotify after House Anxiety claimed there was a contract breach.

For this reason, the BBCC issued a statement that read, "Like all other bands, we are not looking for litigation, but when dealing with labels that don't allow us to release our own music to our fans and don't pay our own paid-up royalties, we feel we have no other choice."

Meanwhile, Jaimie Hodgson, founder of House Anxiety, said the parties denied BBCC's claims and welcomed the opportunity to clarify existing inaccuracies.

"As an independent label friendly to artists, we remain very proud of every element of 'Full Wake No Breaks' and all the hard work done in his campaign, then resigning to allow the BBCC to pursue their dream of becoming big label artists," Hodgson said.

"There will be no further comment at this time," he said.