According to That Grape Juice, Breyon Prescott is furious about the suit and he claims Brandy only filed the lawsuit for publicity.
That Grape Juice writes:
Indeed, since news hit of the singer’s legal tussle with label head Breyon Presscott, it appears no certainties exist pertaining to the feasibility of an LP. For legal documents filed by the diva claim she is unlawfully being lured into signing a deal that principally serves to profit Presscott – head of Chameleon Entertainment – and leave her worse for wear.
Seizing the moment, Presscott’s team have issued a lengthy statement countering the claims and presenting a detailed timeline of events.
Read below…
“Breyon Prescott is deeply disappointed that rather than discussing her concerns with her present contractual status in a productive way, Brandy has taken unwarranted desperate measures to stay relevant by filing false outrageous claims and speaking on social media.
His recent work with her was the product of his strong belief that her career deserves to and can be revitalized. He tried to create a conduit for her to find an effective outlet for her music by presenting her a new deal to secure distribution. At no point has this process generated meaningful revenue for Mr. Prescott.
As one of Brandy’s most consistent supporters, his professional connection to her precedes her recent negotiations with Sony. Breyon wishes nothing but the best for Brandy and believes she deserves a prosperous career.
The statement went on to list a number of points pertaining to the background of B-Rocka’s dealings with Presscott.
Breyon has not been served. This is a stunt to drum up publicity for her single release. Brandy released a video for Begging and Pleading today. If Prescott wanted to, he could pull the song from iTunes.
At no point was Brandy blocked or controlled from recording or releasing new music. In January of 2016, she released a single “Begging and Pleading”, without any résistance from Chameleon Entertainment.
Brandy is not signed to Epic Records.
Brandy uses her music as a tool to promote her acting career.
Breyon and Brandy haven’t spoken more than 3 words to each other in 3 years.
Brandy had huge multimillion selling hits on Atlantic Records from 1994 to 2002. But her sales began to decline as tastes changed, downloading cut into sales, and her audience moved on.
She went from selling over 1 million copies in 2002 with “Full Moon” to just 400,000 in 2004 for “Afrodisiac.”
Brandy left Atlantic at that point for Epic Records, which is part of Sony Music. Her 2008 album, called “Knockout,” bombed, selling just 214,000 copies. Epic, undergoing a leadership change, dropped her.
Without a record deal, Brandy signed a production deal (not a management deal) with Chameleon, run by Breyon Prescott. (In 2011)
Chameleon worked out a deal and got Brandy signed to RCA, despite failing previously under the Sony music family.
In 2012, under RCA, Brandy’s album “Two Eleven”, only sold 180,000 copies. The expense of promoting the album far exceeded money made from the copies sold.
Brandy was more interested in doing TV, movies and Broadway than in touring for the album; which resulted in low sales.
RCA cut their losses and dropped her.
In early 2015, Prescott joined Epic Records — under the same Sony umbrella.
Prescott managed to get Brandy a new contract at Epic, the label asked for a 360 deal– one in which they would get a cut of her other businesses like tours and merchandise. That way, if a new album bombed, they’d be protected. (As touring has overtaken record sales in revenue, 360 deals are common nowadays.)
The deal was worth $600,000 with a $75,000 advance. Brandy stalled, and never signed the contract. There were no other offers. No other label wanted her, and so she did not make a new record.
In 2015, Brandy re-recorded vocals for a new version of (“The Girl is Mine”) which was released in the U.K. Chameleon didn’t even know about it in advance.
In January 2016 she released “Begging and Pleading,” under her own label. Chameleon didn’t protest or stop her from releasing it. Once again, they didn’t even know about it in advance.
The Epic offer remains and she is still signed to Chameleon.
He basically called her a flop all throughout the statement. Cold blooded.
lmao
LMBO
Disrespectful as f-ck.
Well damn.
Poor Brandy. This was really harsh.
This is the ugly side of the music business. Thankfully Brandy has acting and Broadway to fall back on. She doesn’t even need to do music anymore.
i don’t know if she has the patience but she will make good money teaching vocals. She has already solidified her legacy. Just go independent Brandy. These record companies are filthy dirty. Breyon had to pull old receipts way back to prove his point. That’s dirty.
Soooo ok are we going to jus ignore the fact, Brandy may have been on the same sh-t she was on when she lied to Oprah. .nevermind I’m sipping. .
I forgot about that. Hmmm.
I know Brandy ain’t been selling like she use to but what she has done musically should still be respected. Brandy has had multiple successful albums and has sold more than 30 million records she ain’t no one hit wonder. He didn’t have to do Brandy like this he was disrespectful as f-ck.
Well he provided receipts. So I’m not going to defend Brandy. Truth be told, she comes off really insecure and entitled on the gram. It’s like she’s bothered by the fact that she’s not as big as she used to be.
Brandy had a great run. She should be proud of that but I think this person could be telling the truth. Brandy has pulled some shady things before and she’s not always honest. And if she did lie on her label for publicity, they have every right to call her out on it because if they don’t, her lie could ruin their reputation and prevent other artists from signing with them.