The New Orleans based rap group U.N.L.V. recently reached a settlement with its former label, Cash Money Records (United States District Court Eastern District of Louisiana Civil Action 05-1224). Their lawsuit sought payment for six recordings recorded while part of the Cash Money Records Label. With ties finally severed, post- settlement, U.N.L.V. is negotiating with others to re-master and re-release all of their previous recordings. Reginald Manuel ("Tec-9") of U.N.L.V. is also working on a new cache of material for release.
Trend Setters: The Return of U.N.L.V.
New Orleans, LA (PRWEB) July 31, 2007 -- The New Orleans based rap group U.N.L.V. has finalized its settlement with former label, Cash Money Records (United States District Court Eastern District of Louisiana Civil Action 05-1224).
U.N.L.V. (whose moniker is not Las Vegas related) sued Cash Money Records for failure to compensate for six recordings put out through Cash Money Records label. After U.N.L.V. left the label, Cash Money Records continued to distribute and sell U.N.L.V.'s recording for years. Terms of the settlement are confidential.
With the settlement completed, members of U.N.L.V., Reginald Manuel ("Tec-9") and Yaphet Jones ("Lil Ya"), are negotiating to re-master and re-release their original recordings. Tec-9 is also working on new material due next year.
U.N.L.V. was one of the first groups to sign with the then upstart, Cash Money Records, in 1992. U.N.L.V. is credited with forming the ubiquitous gangsta/bounce trend in New Orleans that was soon copied nationally. Best known for their single entitled Drag 'Em from the River, UNLV's music has been broadcast on radio stations and club playslists throughout the nation since the early 1990's. Recordings by U.N.L.V. include: "6th and Barone;" "Straight out the Gutta;" "Mac-Melph-Calio;" "Straight from tha Ramp" (Solo recorded by Tec-9); "Uptown for Life;" "Greatest Hits" and "Trend Setters: The Return of U.N.L.V."
U.N.L.V.'s Manuel and Jones lost their homes and livelihood in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and the ensuing flood, in 2005. The third member of the group, Albert Thomas ("Yella Boyee"), was murdered in 1996. Manuel and Jones are currently exiled in Texas, but plan to return to New Orleans in the near future to continue their careers in the music industry. For more information, please contact attorney Richard Duplantier with Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith at (504) 525-6802 or the groups' manager, Ronald Bell at (504) 957-6598.
