Recording company sues Lil’ Kim for $2.5M

Company claims rapper hasn't delivered recordings contract requires

Evan Agostini / AP file	Brookland Media recording company sued Lil' Kim Tuesday, Oct. 7 for $2.5 million, saying the Grammy-winning rapper hasn't delivered all the recordings their contract requires.

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updated 7:40 p.m. ET Oct. 12, 2008

NEW YORK - A recording company has sued Lil’ Kim for $2.5 million, saying the Grammy-winning rapper hasn’t delivered all the recordings their contract requires.

Brookland Media filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court. Lil’ Kim’s lawyer, Londell McMillan, says Brookland sued “to leverage their own position” in the contract dispute.

The lawsuit says Brookland contracted with Lil’ Kim this year and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on recordings, equipment and advance payments.

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Court papers say the rapper later tried to change the contract and refused to continue recording unless Brookland agreed. The papers say she had recorded only a few tracks toward a new album by the beginning of September.

Brookland wants the court to declare the contract valid and bar Lil’ Kim from recording for another company.