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“Magic Stick Producer sticks 50 Cent and Lil Kim with Law Suit”
14-Sep-2007
Written by: Valerie Durosier
“Magic Stick Producer sticks 50 Cent and Lil Kim with Law Suit”
Rappers 50 cent and Lil' Kim are being sued for $2 million by Staten Island rap producer Carlos Evans, a producer known as Fantom of the Beat.
Evans filed the suit in Manhattan Supreme Court against the two rappers as well as Atlantic Records, which released the song on Lil' Kim's 2003 album “La Bella Mafia,” contending he never got his share of the profits from the performers' single "Magic Stick." Evans says Atlantic owes him royalties from the song, which he originally produced, engineered and mixed for 50 Cent's debut album, "Get Rich or Die Tryin.'"
According to the New York Daily News, Evans said “I just need my money, I'm not asking for nothing that I'm not owed.”
The Staten Island producer is convinced though that there is enough cash to go round. “That song blew up -- it was the biggest song on ‘La Bella Mafia,’” Evans said. “But everybody else is getting paid and I got left out.”
Evans said he was paid a $7,500 advance and was promised a cut of the profits, reports E! Online, but he hasn't been paid and his requests for a royalty audit have been ignored.
The "Magic Stick" single hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the compact disc album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Evans' lawsuit, filed Wednesday, seeks $1 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages.
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