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Iggy Azalea Claims That UMG ‘Criminals’ Owe Her Millions of Dollars
“Universal music mark my words you ugly bitch - You will pay me what’s owed,” she wrote on X.
Iggy Azalea, real name Amethyst Amelia Kelly, claims that the company stiffed her on “millions of dollars in back pay,” and recently offered her an $18,000 settlement instead of the amount “in the 8-figure range” that she says she is owed. Last year, Limp Bizkit sued UMG over allegations that the band had “not seen a dime in royalties,” claiming that the company had designed a software system that “systematically prevented artists from being paid their royalties.” At the time, a UMG exec told The Hollywood Reporter that there had been “one-off mistake” due to new software; the band was subsequently paid $1 million in back royalties, and a label owned by lead singer Fred Durst received $2.3 million for a deal made in 1999. Per Billboard, a judge ruled in January that Limp Bizkit can’t void its deals with UMG, noting that the band had been “paid millions in advances” and that the company spent “substantial sums” recording and distributing the albums.
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