Chauncey Mahan refuses to go quietly into the night and is preparing to take Roc Nation to court. As we reported back in April, Mahan, a former Roc-A-Fella Recordsengineer was accused by Jay Z of trying to extort his company after he attempted to sell master recordings of Roc-A-Fella music to Hov's business partners at Live Nation.
Mahan told LN they could either buy the masters for $100,000 or he would put them up for auction. LN agreed to pay $75,000 and arranged to meet Mahan at his Northridge, California storage facility, where the masters were being stored.
The company got the police involved and when Mahan showed up to complete the transaction he was met by authorities.
Mahan agreed to be taken in for questioning and allowed the LAPD to hold onto the recordings until a judge could decide who the rightful owner was.
Jay Z's lawyers filed a grand larceny complaint. Because Live Nation is based in Beverly Hills, California, the police department there began investigating extortion allegations.
Jay eventually dropped the extortion complaint, but Mahan was not satisfied.TMZ obtained a new lawsuit filed by Mahan. In it he claims to have been an integral part of creating part of Roc-A-Fella's catalog from between 1999-2000.
Mahan's argument is that he was one of the first practioners of Pro Tools audio software and played a huge part in the recording of six albums, including The Dynasty: Roc La Familia and The Life and Times of S. Carter.
He wants a judge to declare that he is a co-owner of the copyrights and should be given back the masters.
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