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Cordae faces a $25 million lawsuit from one of the labels he's currently signed to over his collab album with Anderson .Paak. Cordae and AP are scheduled to drop their joint project Heavy Is the Crown through Mass Appeal, Apesh*t, Hi Level and EMPIRE on Friday (Oct. 23). However, on Oct. 15, MMMG Inc. sued Cordae for copyright infringement and breach of contract. MMMG, which operates publicly as Art@WAR was founded by attorney James McMillan in April 2018. Cordae was one of the first artists signed to the label, inking an exclusive recording contract the same year, the lawsuit states. Yet, according to the complaint, the rapper has since failed to "provide MMMG with his exclusive merchandising, touring, endorsement, and other ancillary services, and he refuses to pay MMMG its contractual share of the revenues earned by these activities." Mass Appeal, Empire, Apesh*t Inc. are also listed as defendants in the suit. They are accused of copyright infringement and tortious interference with the recording contract The suit claims Cordae has "made matters far worse" by entering into a new deal and recording the new album with Anderson, which MMMG again claims violates its exclusive rights with Cordae. MMMG is asking for a jury trial and seeking $25 million. XXL has reached out to Cordae's team and Mass Appeal for comment.