As reported here, ‘Full Moon’ maestra Brandy is moving full speed ahead refiling suit against Chameleon Entertainment (her record label home) and its president, Breyon Prescott, who – according to her – is refusing to release her from the “unfair” contract she’s signed with them.
Taking to Billboard, B-Rocka revealed:
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)“I’m as free as a bird in my mind,” Brandy tells Billboard. “But on paper, it looks like I’m a slave. And I’m not a slave. The kind of deal I’m signed to should be criminal to any artist.”
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While time will tell if the Grammy winning diva will win her suit seeking over $270,000 from damages allegedly incurred during her time on the label, one thing is certain – she is losing the favor of Prescott and co. as they took to TMZ recently to clap back at her ‘slavery’ allegations.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Hear their fiery clap back below if you missed it:
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Via TMZ:
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Brandy‘s record label just clapped back, saying the singer has no business comparing her contract to slavery … since it’s been more than a decade since she dropped a hit.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)A rep for Chameleon Entertainment CEO Breyon Prescott tells TMZ … Brandy’s allegations are a desperate ploy to drum up publicity instead of facing facts — her best days are behind her. The rep says Breyon took a risk “signing an artist that hasn’t had a chart single success since the early 2000’s.”
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Chameleon’s rep also believes Brandy made a bonehead PR move by making the slavery comparison due to racial tensions across the country right now.
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While it should be noted ‘Right Here (Departed)’ and ‘Put It Down,’ the first releases from her last two albums, both earned Hot 100 placements (#34 and #65 respectively), Brandy and co. have since clapped back stating, in so many words, that if she is as “washed up” as they imply then they shouldn’t have any problem releasing her from the contract.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)As of time reporting, Chameleon has not responded.
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Y’all late as hell with this tea! ?
This is cold tea with the skin on top.
The record label know damn well they’re holding Brandy just like Background did with JoJo. Brandy keeps calling them out and they say she has no star power and insist that she’s making them no money but don’t want to drop her.
Do we really believe that they are legit!
Monica stays winning over this women
Being a “Seasoned Vet”. A millionare. Why did she sign this deal? Where were her attorney’s? She should have known better.
GLOCKica will forever be her lessor, sit down.
brandys bank account begs to differ! oh and brandys shows are alot more classier… last time i saw monica she was havin sound problems at a cook out??! i remember thinkin damn is this what she been reduced to?? poor ms thang???
Is Brandy worth 12 million, while Monica is worth 15 Million. Just Google it.
I follow both Brandy and Monica on twitter and instagram. Monica’s living her life, and extremely happy with her three beautiful kids. While Brandy on the other hand has been posting twitter rants and having melt downs for yrs, and throwing shade. You be the judge.
Monica dont have issues with her label though ?????
Brandy + ? = ?
I’m so over the shade. Right here departed was reached 34 in 2008, and put it down was top 20 on the R&B charts so please make sure they have their facts straight before throwing shade. And wasn’t brandy and didn’t brandy call off the engagement between her and this Prescott guy? So I’m pretty sure their separation has something to do with his petty behavior. She is so washed up but their holding on to that contract for dear live. Boy bye.
Thank you ! Like if you gonna drag why continue to keep her while all she wants is out. That right there tells you their full of s***. Every artists to a certain level of fame should just be a free agent n go straight independent unless you want a distribution deal on releasing the music on a larger platform only.
Peaking just in the top 20 on the r&b charts is a huge flop. Unless you mean the hip-hop & r&b chart. But just the r&b chart?! No excuse not to top that chart.
@Markisha not everyone is a singles artists like your fave. At least brandy has an album to her name that has sold 10 million+ copies WW. Not everyone has that…
Stfu dummy. Aaliyah’s last “hit” was in 2001. In more ways than one. You need to sit this out.
‘Put It Down’ peaked at #3 on the R&B/Hip Hop charts.
Breyon Prescott, is the label head and Ryan Press is the guy who Brandy was engaged to. They are not the same person.
Her fiancé was named Ryan Press..
Typo dear life not live
If Brandy is such a flop to them why the f*** don’t they just release her from the damn contract like damn let her go already.
Because she has to pay them back from what they invested in her flop @ss 9/11 album. This is her not wanting them to take money from her other jobs. She knew what she signed, deal with it and move on… By releasing some albums (that no one will buy.)
I’ll buy it.
She doesn’t have to pay them back, artists get dropped after recording an album and the first single not doing well or before releasing anything and the record label just mark it off as a smaller loss than promotion and the rest that goes with releasing an album.
The news was that when the record company head moved to become the head of another label he took his label with him and wanted Brandy to sign a new deal which would’ve then expected her to pay from all of her entertainment aspects which she is refusing to sign (and rightly so)
I’m not sure how well 2/11 did but its a damn good album as far as i’m concerned.
S*** like this is why I highly recommend all artist that already have a strong hard-core supporting base to just stay INDEPENDENT f*** the labels ect. S*** does sound like slavery, you can’t release your music, promo, advertise, tour ect. That s*** is crazy
But when I say that she’s a flop, haven’t had a successful Era since 1998, she’s done and now a s****, I get called a bitter Aaliyah fan. Hahahahahah a haha because these delusional, non supporting stans still think that this ex t*** star is going to drop a platinum album and go on a world tour after almost two decades of flopping. If the contract was so unfair, then why did an artist that been dropped from two labels, 20 years of flops, a family that knows the business sign the contract? Because she’s desperate. Brandy, go raise your child that you never talk about nor seen out with, invest into real-estate or fast food franchise and hang it up.
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And whay happened to that BET show? Hahahahahahaha
Exactly. They stay coming for Aaliyah when you’re stating nothing about facts on Brandy.
She just came off of a tour that covered UK, Australia and other countries. I think that some people underestimate nostalgia and music network. Brandy has a catalogue of music that has been successful and people will still pay to see her live or know her songs or even sample or cover her records. Its the same with Lauren Hill who is still touring worldwide off of one album and a few Fugee hits.
You are considering her a flop now because of the volume of records and her previous success, but it’s her previous success that keep the checks coming in. You should really acknowledge someones accolades because they are always relevant.
Do you really have to explain yourself to these ignorant pertulant kids about Brandy? ???
Ryan Press and Breyon Prescott are too different people. Ryan Presscot is her ex fiancé and Breyon is the head of Chameleon Entertainment. If they are not pressed for her and she’s such a joke to them then they wouldn’t have signed her period!!
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Why is someone who has been in the business for 20 years plus going through label drama.. Like why she signing bad deals to unknown labels
Desperation.
Yawn who cares about this? She’s always in some drama.
Irony.
You care that’s why you took time to comment.
I can’t wait for “Zoe Ever After” to return. Brandy is so above all this suing back and forth drama with this label. She’s too busy being booked to death to give a damn, to be completely honest.
That show is about to get canceled. It got less than 550k viewers on it last episode. Not a single episode crossed 900k. Lol
What shows have you had ? What music have you put out ? What ppl have you inspired like the vocal bible ? What talent do you have ? You just an internet troll and don’t have an ounce of the career Brandy has had.
Your girl ain’t been relevant since that cesna hit the dirt near 15 years ago. Your current fave can’t sing, dance, or act. Idc about her hits. Brandy >>>> singing modeling contracts. Stay in your lane stanning for the lesser girls.
I dont feel sorry for her she been in the game for 22 years she should know the in and outs of the music business by now
She has bops but she peaked in 1998 she literally havent had a platinum album since 2002
Hopefully this situation humble her because she be acting like she sold 100 million albums worldwide with 20 number 1s and have 21 grammys
Brandy is very humble.
Not with that “slayana” stuff and that im “your faves fave” stuff and lately she’s been feeling her self
Brandy is humble. I’ve met her… You get everything in your career together before you start ridiculing other human beings careers like we aren’t all human. What comes up must come down. That’s any one in the industry
“The rep says Breyon took a risk “signing an artist that hasn’t had a chart single success since the early 2000’s.”
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Oop, and they couldn’t even get a tour out of her. An artist of the caliber as Brandy should be able to go on a Theatre/Arena tour at least.
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Oh well, good luck Brandy.
She wasnt even doing arenas/stadiums during her relevent days people hype up how big she really was back then she wasnt on bey and rih level of international fame
Tours weren’t a common thing in Brandy’s days. Plus not only was Never say never a blockbuster, she was also making bank from her TV show Moesha.
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Tours started becoming common in the millennial era when CD revenues started falling. That’s why ticket prices are more inflated today than they were back in the day, because record labels are taking a cut now.
Never say never wasnt a blockbuster it allegedly “sold” 16 million worldwide but it is not certfied by the IFPI for selling a million or more in europe that whole people didnt start saying “brandy sold 16 million” worldwide until 2010 when she was on dancing with the stars her sales is inflated
Never say never is 5x platinum in the US, Platinum in Japan, UK and Australia, as well as 4x platinum in Canada.
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It is a blockbuster.
Lmao that dont add up to 16 million the ifpi that tracks worldwide says otherwise considering it is not certfied by the ifpi for having a million or more being sold in europe brandy sales is inflated
I never brought up that 16 million figure, you did. All I said is it’s a blockbuster, which it is.
And Beyonce has never sold 16 million albums off of one cd like brandy “never say never ” ppl always bashing artists careers when they don’t even have their careers together and probably living check to check. Brandy is a legend and the vocal bible to damn near the entire industry of vocalist.
Apples and oranges. It’s so easy for you dummies to say no one slays like those two because they hardly have any competition. Context. Perspective. Utilize them.
She was just on tour.
Brandy just came out of European sold out tour so what’s your deal?? Please don’t come for Brandy cuz your fave is suppose to be in her peaks yet I don’t see her making any noise so stop with the blantant shade.?????
SCREAMING!!!
Damn! This is karma for her shady flop ass. To be honest, i’ve never seen the hype with her at all.
Karma isn’t real dummy.
Of course it is, you lientery looking candy ass f** lol. I mean look at your mother, ever since she had you, her life has been f***** up since. The b**** should have listen to your father (who ever he may be) and swallowed.
This isn’t karma at all. Brandy is extremely talented. You probably don’t have any talent whatsoever and on the internet claiming to be honest. Be honest and know that your career has its ups and downs.. That’s if u have a career. Probably don’t even have benefits, insurance, pension plan, 401k or retirement.
Stop projecting your life onto others you boggy mess. Your fav’s a FLOP, deal.
She MY QUEEN darling, is that alright with you?
Prove it ugly. Be objective or be gone lesser.
I don’t have time for you Microphallus crotchety f**. I will say this, I would be mad too if my fav was colossal F…L…O…P. Goodnight shard-born.
She’s MY Queen darling. Do I have to repeat myself?
You are already BENEATH Queen Brandy and everyone else. Funny how a lessor gets you heauxs all riled up. Y’all STAY losing!
Lol No shade, but what exactly is Brandy the Queen of? Is she the Queen flops, OK I see it. Yeah the Queen of flops, all hail!
Wow
I really feel she’s trying to build up press so she won’t flop this time. The label is telling NO lies. She’s a flop. Don’t try & dress it up as if Right Here(Departed) or Put It Down were successful. Had that been any other girl(Ci, Keyshia or Monica) y’all would’ve said it was a flop but now y’all trying to say she earned those placements “respectively”… Girl bye.
What do you do for a living ? You probably don’t have any talent whatsoever.
Bye gurl, rhd outcharted everything monica for over a decade. That hoodlum ain’t been relevant since so gone, have a church pew seat.
Monica has receipts from the 2010s. CC: Still Standing(GOLD) Everything to me(Platinum) & Love All Over Me (Gold)…. Where is Brandy’s most recent certifications? Back in 1965 BC. Have several seats.
Brandy outsold FLOPica’s career with ONE album. These dummies in here talking about Brandy’s sales being inflated when ya girl is a high offender. Now have a ghetto porch m***** seat.
But at least Monica has had a Gold selling album this decade…and she’s still signed to a major label.
Poor Brandy! This whole situation is a mess. Its clear they won’t make any money off of her so why not just release her from her contract.
That’s not true. She can generate revenue outside of music. Why else do you think they won’t let her go? Y’all need to be objective and use some critical thinking.
Well did he lie? Having two singles chart at #34 and #65 before sliding down the charts the following week isn’t impressive not even at 20 years!
Never Say Never,Full Moon and Afrodisac are classic contemporary R&B albums and Brandy has done a lot but I’m starting to believe the label.
Why not just release the music and leave? It’s like she’s grandstanding because she got another offer and they won’t let her go without fulfilling her contract and who can blame them?
Her public image never recovered from that car accident incident.
Give those people an album or give them their money lol, it’s simple.
Hit singles are meaningless! Y’all are so blind. Clear channel deals, payola, etc need I go on? Record labels control what gets played. Wake up
Oh please. A lot of y’all can’t read nor have you read the documents. Nothing was said about breyon not getting his recoup money. He was supposed to fund her album whether she had a distributuon deal or not. Now he wants a cut for managing,publishing, and for revenue before he was even on board. Stop taking what chameleon reps say as gospel because outside of Brandy, all they have on their roster is jamie foxx and freaking jodeci. I see why he don’t wanna let her go
Such a mess. I don’t know the innermost workings of Brandy’s professional life but she really shouldn’t be dealing with this kind of label drama with 22 years under her belt. Oh, and I doubt her label really called her “washed up”. Probably TMZ just fishing for clicks as usual. Perhaps these issues unravelling is what is making Brandy act out on social media. She’s clapping back more, ranting and is always going on about someone being shady. Hell, two weeks ago, she even insinuated that Monica jacked her style by wearing hats being flanked by two male back-up dancers. LMFAO, Brnady get it together!
Where did they lie,Brandy is an ugly flop washed up 90’s has-been. Also, didn’t this b**** shade Kelly Rowland a few weeks ago, thought they were cool, guess not. Her ugly ass stay trying it.
Your mom is ugly and a dummy for keeping a stupid fàg like you. Now pop the fúxk of and tell us why Brandy keeps you girls steam pressed.
Lol Brandy stays losing.
Bítch ya momma lost a game.
Sis, don’t be mad at me because your girl has fallen to the point where she’s now doing an MTA tour. I mean, she’s killing two birds with one stone, transporting by train, because she’s afraid of killing someone else if she gets behind the wheel, and touring, making a little money.
No one is mad darling. This is a LOT of attention y’all are giving her, even if it’s negative. If her career was truly over then no one would be talking about her at ALL. Anything else?
Yes..
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If Brandy was a washed up has been flop the WTF are you guys still holding onto to her. I would let a flop go faster before she could even blink an eye. This label too shady and dodgy…… I can’t!!!!!!! ??
Why keep an artist signed if you basically saying that artist hasn’t had a hit in a decade? So basically they are saying we know you are capable of a hit but we wanna keep you till the time is right and use you for that hit if that day comes.
People can play down Brandy’s success all they want, but having any album reach 5 million in the 90’s was considered a commercial success! Her debut went quadruple platinum and her third went platinum! Brandy’s sold 10.5 million albums in the US from her first 4 releases! Regardless of how folks feel about Brandy, she’s done enough to make her mark! I don’t understand how people attempt to diminish her achievements and have the nerve to build up others with similar success. Lol. The energy being used to convince folks that Brandy’s this special case of failure (after 20+ years) is delusional. It’s laughable to see people come up with these silly expectations for a veteran R&B artist that established themselves long ago. Most artists don’t peak 20/25 years later into their career! That’s backwards and totally irrational thinking.
If she’s so washed, let her go! If she’s so washed, why did she even get signed? If she’s so washed, how did Bran find success with PID on the R&B charts? I really wish this label would just release her and cut their losses.
Boy hush, she’s a flop. End of discussion.
He doesn’t want to drop her because he wants that residual money. Brandy still gets checks from all of her past music and tv shows. He didn’t realize that when she signed the first contract. Now he wants to make her sign it over on the new contract. It’s all about greed.
She is a nobody in Europe. Why would a record label invest on such artist?….I think she’s known in the UK by some but that’s’ it, she’s cute for R&B lovers though.
Nobody in Europe ??? Liar!!!!
Her fault for signing this “s****” deal. Did she not bother to have an attorney look into the contract beforehand to explain just how bad it could all turn out? Did she not bother to have an attorney put in an “out” clause upon signing, just in case this all went south the way it did? I don’t understand anyone who has been in the business for as long as she has allowing themselves to get tripped up like this. She should have known better. *shrugs*
Brandy had been dropped by two other labels after back to back failed albums. No other record label was interested in signing her. She didn’t have the power to be demanding about terms. Brandy could either sign the deal that was being offered (and hope things would turn out well) or not, but they weren’t going to bow to her demands. That’s why she foolishly accepted this stifling deal that probably wouldn’t worth much and wound up coming back to bite her. It was either that or go get some radio host gig.
Sorry, but I’m having trouble feeling sympathy for her. As big as she was in the 90’s, Brandy should not be going through label drama with D-level record labels. Her, Monica, and Usher all came out around the same time, yet neither Usher nor Monica are going through this type of mess, and both are still signed to major labels. Brandy should have known better, bottom line.
They’re not releasing her to be spiteful and tarnish her musical career, you don’t trash your label then sue them and expect them to just let you have your way and go about your business.
But I don’t feel sorry for her at all, she’s been rubbing me the wrong way lately always bringing up she’s “your favorite singers, favorite singer, and who she will out-sing, like c’mon Brandy musically no one is really checking for you anymore.. You haven’t had a succceful album since NSN.. So humble yourself
Mess.
Flop.
DEATH at this entire post.
Let me just go IN on these miserable souls with NO remorse of at least an OUNCE of common sense. Brandy shouldn’t be dealing with this type of nonsense! The FACT of the matter IS they need to let go go and release her from the contract. ASAP! Y’all hating clowns SIT up here and act as IF Brandy never had any accomplishments whatsoever but that’s alright because y’all don’t know anything about Brandy’s IMPACT on this generation. GFTHO and grab some LOGIC and Brandy is an ICON in her right. She’s one of the respected and admirable r&b artists of her time. She has broke down barriers for black artists especially for black women artists. Y’all clowns have NO idea what it means to embrace the talented but y’all want to tear her down while she’s going through dumb s***?! Seriously y’all FACTS together and stop with the bitter and petty s***. My Queen will always be known as ONE of the best. #SaltyBitterHaters
Brandy did sold out arena tours in Asia during NSN era. Her holiday social arena concert in Chicago outfit and dance routines were all inspired by Britney early days work. So you can go and check it out on YouTube. Besides Brandy was on Moesha, her own hit show that was shown in over 200 countries worldwide including Ghana and Nigeria plus other TV projects like Cinderella at time couple with having this stage fright issues, so hell an intense tour would be the last thing on her mind at that trender age of 15-20 years young child. Brandy took a break, had a baby and again cancelled some scheduled tours with Kanye so yes Brabdy didn’t put so much in her tours earlier bcos there was so much you guys have no clue about. Brandy have just been in Europe for a sold out tours and yes she is known worldwide due to her outstanding work on TV and music. Brandy do not have to go through this kind of b******* at all in her career so if she is that ‘FLOP’ why the f*** are you guys still not letting her go????????? Urgh??
Yall are just f*** who get off on being bitter haters. More than half the entire music industry is inspired by brandy which is sad considering half the industry can’t even sing better THAN her. LOL ty dolla sign Chris Brown omarion Beyoncé Justin Timberlake Kelly Rowland India Shawn travis garland have Dawn Richard james Fauntleroy and countless other artists have cited her as an influence. Vocal polyphony? Brandy. Vocal stacking? Brandy. Riffs and runs? Brandy. And that’s just music. Not to mention her own two hot TV shows. Her cover girl deal. Cinderella. Lol she was literally Whitney Houston’s protégé. Get yall broke asses out of the house.
Lies. Brandy is no one’s vocal bible. I don’t even know what that nonsense came from. Her voice is annoying. She sounds like Alvin and the Chipmunks with laryngitis. Anyone who would be inspired by her voice has no business trying to be a singer. But, truth be told, few people actually are. That’s just a myth that her silly stans like to perpetrate online.
She is the Vocal Bible and you will deal with it for the rest of your sad little life. Bloop ????