News: Melvin Van Peebles Collaborates with Madlib, Sues ASCAP for $20 Million, Prompts Reassessment of Rel
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According to Varietys blog The Set List, Blaxploitation renaissance man Melvin Van Peebles (TMT Feature) recently filed a $20 million lawsuit with the New York State Supreme Court against ASCAP, a major organization that collects licensing fees and distributes royalties to musicians, songwriters, composers, and publishers. Van Peebles is perhaps best known for directing, starring in, and composing the score for 1971s Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song, but hes also the writer and director of many other films, the writer and composer of the Broadway show Aint Supposed to Die a Natural Death, and the musical mastermind behind 10 full-length albums (many...
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