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Mobb Deep, the Queens- New York rap duo, filed a lawsuit suing their former manager for unauthorized sales of copyrighted songs and unpaid royalties.

On July 9, the lawsuit named Norman Bell, former manager and CEO of Purfek Storm Inc as the primary defendant in the lawsuit. Bell managed the group from 2004 to 2007.

Mobb Deep claims that Bell and parties released copyrighted material by “forging signatures of Mobb Deep on a written agreement with the distributor for the record, in order to induce the distributor to commercially release, distribute, promote and advertise records of the offending recording(s), all without the knowledge of or consent of plaintiffs, and without any authority granted by plaintiffs to do so”.

Mobb Deep has ten claims against the plaintiff(s) including copyright infringement, trademark counterfeiting, false designation/advertising, and trademark dilution. (Source)