Nas’ document label and media firm, Mass Attraction, has reached a settlement with a white former government who claimed that she was discriminated in opposition to and compelled to go away the corporate as a result of she’s white.
From Billboard:
Mass Attraction filed a joint movement with its former head of growth, Melissa Cooper, in federal court docket on Friday (June 13), agreeing to dismiss the case completely. Courtroom filings present that Mass Attraction and Cooper have reached a settlement, though the phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Cooper sued Mass Attraction, CEO Peter Bittenbender and the corporate’s former content material chief, Jenya Meggs, in 2023, claiming she was the topic of a “racist conspiracy” on the firm. Nas just isn’t individually named as a defendant within the lawsuit.
Cooper is white. Meggs is Black. Cooper claims that Meggs didn’t like her concepts due to her animosity towards a “white girl working in Hip-Hop.” Meggs reportedly refused to work with Cooper and even had her taken off of massive tasks “…just like the planning of Mass Attraction’s Hip Hop 50 Dwell live performance,” Billboard reviews.
Cooper was ultimately fired from Mass Attraction in June 2023.
After her termination, a messy former lover of Meggs reached out to Cooper to share textual content messages through which Meggs reportedly referred to Cooper as a “cracker” and criticized “white folks.”
Cooper claimed in her lawsuit that she introduced the messages to Bittenbender, however he paid them no thoughts. Cooper wished to be reinstated to Mass Attraction and given cash for damages for the alleged racism she endured.
Mass Attraction, Bittenbender and Meggs not solely deny the claims of discrimination, however they “vigorously” deny any claims made by Cooper and declare that she was fired as a result of her division hadn’t offered any tasks. Oh, and about these textual content messages, they declare they have been “taken out of context and are nothing however a purple herring.”
Meggs reportedly left Mass Attraction in 2024.
