In May, LCAR Management — an artist management company owned by YouTube global head of music and 300 Entertainment co-founder Lyor Cohen — filed a lawsuit against Travis Scott (a former client) for $2 million the company claimed he owed them.
Now, Travis has responded back alleging that LCAR used its relationship with him to promote artists that are signed to 300 Entertainment and that his manager at LCAR, Austin Rosen, illegally booked him for several shows “in order to curry favor with music industry figures and thereby increase LCAR’s standing in the industry, without regard to whether such engagements benefited Scott or his career.”
The documents, filed with the California state department of industrial relations and its labor commissioner, seek a hearing to determine controversy, alleging that LCAR “acts illegally as an unlicensed talent agency” and thus violated the Talent Agencies Act by booking shows for Travis without the approval of his talent agent. Travis is looking to void his contract with LCAR and requesting to be repaid all money the company collected in regards to their business dealings with him, plus 10 percent interest per year, as well as be absolved of all liabilities to LCAR.
The court filing states that Travis signed a management contract with LCAR in October 2014, and lays out a series of 10 incidents in which lawyers for Travis allege that LCAR violated the Act, mostly through show bookings.
Between September 2015 and April 2016, the documents claim that Scott was illegally booked for seven performances for anywhere between $12,500 and $60,000 — including $50,000 to perform at Warner Music Group owner Len Blavatnik’s son’s birthday party in September 2015 — in exchange for booking fees that were paid to LCAR.
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