The real truth always comes to light. It's been said that the 9 original members of Wu-Tang were getting screwed over by the RZA for years. It seems that Ghostface is not having it anymore.
According to Billboard >>
While Ghostface Killah makes a renewed effort to collect full royalties for his work as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, he's fending off a lawsuit brought by a veteran Hollywood composer at the same time. Jack Urbont objects to the way the Ghostface sampled the "Iron Man Theme" for a 2000 solo album.
On Wednesday (Aug. 10), Dennis "Ghostface Killah" Coles filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group for allegedly violating a contract. The rapper claims that UMG only holds a 25% stake in Wu-Tang Clan songs, not a 50% copyright interest as has been asserted. Killah is suing to recover royalties being held by the music giant.
This isn't the first time that Killah has gone to the legal mat with claims of being stiffed on the royalty front.
In 2005, Killah sued Wu-Tang Productions and its leader, RZA after he received smaller-than-expected royalty payments. Four years later, Killah got the judgment he wanted when a New York judge held that Wu-Tang Productions wasn't entitled to a 25% withholding and RZA wasn't entitled to a 50% withholding for contributing the beats. The judge also found that Wu-Tang Productions hadn't transfered its entire interest in the Wu-Tang Clan's works to BMG Music Publishing, bought by UMG in 2007.
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