Nipsey Hussle’s brother, who is also the administrator of the Los Angeles legend’s estate, is being accused of using abusive negotiation methods in a legal dispute regarding royalties.
Soon after the late rapper’s tragic murder in 2019, Tasleema Yasin filed a claim to receive her share of profits from the song “Hussle & Motivate,” which she apparently co-wrote three years prior.
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In addition to assisting with the song’s composition, she maintains that she also performed the “ascending four-note vocal phrase featured throughout the song’s runtime, as well as a countermelody in [her] higher register featured prominently during the song’s chorus.”
Though both parties announced that they had settled the matter last year, Radar Online has now obtained documents indicating that Yasin is proposing that the creditor’s claim be brought back to life as Nipsey’s estate failed to follow through on their agreement.
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“Regrettably, the opposing party has thus far delayed the fulfillment of their obligations under the contract, and consequently, they are in breach of its terms,” the lawsuit reads. “Hence, Yasin is under no ongoing obligation to refrain from submitting her claims against the aforementioned parties and estate.
“The original agreement with the Estate is deemed void due to multiple breaches. Ms. Yasin no longer seeks enforcement of this breached agreement. Instead, she is seeking damages as a result of these breaches and wishes to negotiate a new agreement that will protect her interests moving forward.”
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Yasin, who is currently seeking damages, has also accused Hussle’s brother of hurling “profanity, insults and derogatory language” at her in addition to using “pressure tactics such as threats, intimidation, verbal abuse, insults, gaslighting.”
Earlier this year, Nipsey’s estate avoided a $5million lawsuit from Yasin. Court documents obtained by HipHopDX revealed that she initially filed the claim back in December 2022, following which her case against the rapper’s estate was dismissed when she failed to respond to the Order to Show Cause.
An Order to Show Cause is issued when “a court order or the demand of a judge requires a party to justify or explain why the court should or should not grant a motion or a relief,” according to Cornell University School of Law.
In this case, Judge Stephen V. Wilson claimed that the songwriter, who represented herself in the matter, didn’t provide sufficient reason to the court as to why the matter should be pursued in the first place.
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“The file in this case lacks the papers that would show it is being timely prosecuted, as reflected below,” he wrote in his late-March order, “Accordingly, the Court, on its own motion, hereby orders plaintiff(s) to show cause in writing no later than April 4, 2023 why this action should not be dismissed as to all remaining defendants, for lack of prosecution.”
Yasin failed to respond to the demand in a timely fashion, following which Wilson dismissed the case in early April. However, he did not indicate whether the case was dismissed with or without prejudice, meaning that Yasin could re-file her claim if she presents ample cause.
