Sony Music Entertainment has been hit with a lawsuit from the creator of the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush, who says the label “concocted a bad faith entity shell game” to cut him out of touring profits when the TV show’s eponymous boy band reunited four years ago.

Scott Fellows, who created the hit show about a fictional boy band that ran on Nickelodeon from 2009 to 2013, brings a series of breach of contract claims against Sony in the federal court lawsuit filed Thursday (July 3).

During the show’s heyday, the real-life members of Big Time Rush released music and toured under a deal with Sony Music. According to Fellows’ lawsuit, he received contractual payments amounting to 3.75% of the band’s touring revenue until its members went their separate ways in 2014.

As stated in the complaint, when Big Time Rush reunited in 2021, the group struck a deal to go independent from Nickelodeon and Sony Music. In terms of the deal not previously shared publicly, the lawsuit reveals that the band licensed its trademarks and past music from Sony and Nickelodeon in exchange for 10% of future revenues.

But as Fellows’ attorneys allege in the lawsuit, Sony “restructured its inter-company arrangements to cheat and cut plaintiffs out of their share of the tour revenues” by contracting directly with the members of Big Time Rush rather than going through a wholly owned subsidiary that the label previously used, Big Time Rush Touring LLC. Because Fellows’ initial agreement was with the LLC, he says his rights to 3.75% of touring revenue were eliminated by the restructuring.

“It is apparent that Sony Music deliberately acted to cut Fellows off from his contractual rights,” the lawsuit claims.

Fellows is now seeking to recoup his cut of Big Time Rush’s 2022 reunion tour, as well as the band’s In Real Life World Tour that’s scheduled to kick off on Wednesday (July 9). The lawsuit does not specify a dollar amount but says that Sony has “generated substantial revenues” from the band’s live shows.

Sony Music did not return a request for comment on Monday (July 7). A rep for Big Time Rush, which is not named in the lawsuit nor accused of any wrongdoing, also did not return a request for comment.

Young Thug continues to have a problem with rappers who cooperate with the law.

On Monday (July 7), the Atlanta rapper took to X to deliver a message for certain rappers that he deems snitches and suggested they make music for a different genre. “If u a rapper and u a rat,” he tweeted. “U gotta just go gospel twin.”

And while there’s no telling who he’s referring to specifically, he commented on Kid Cudi taking the stand in the Diddy trial back in May, tweeting, “Dam cudi a rat lol,” before ultimately deleting the post. Then there’s his relationship with frequent collaborator and labelmate Gunna who decided to take a plea deal early on during the lengthy YSL RICO trial and has subsequently been receiving shade from Thugger.

Back in November 2024, the YSL label boss tweeted and deleted a post asking Gunna to “stop acting” like they’re still cool and added. “I don’t know you my guy.” This was a few months after his father showed Gunna some support by attending one of his shows in Atlanta during his Bittersweet Tour. Then a few months ago in April, during a GQ interview, Thugger was asked what their relationship is currently and gave a lukewarm response, telling the outlet simply, “I don’t know.”

He also commented on an Instagram post in May, “I mean… he said it must end lol,” pointing out that Gunna seemingly covered up his YSL tattoo in reference to a statement prosecutors read in the courtroom after Gunna took the deal. “I recognize, acknowledge and deeply regret that my talent and music indirectly furthered YSL the gang to the detriment of my community,” Gunna said in the statement. “YSL as a gang must end.”

Lana Del Rey has spoken out about two crises happening in the world right now, sharing a message of support for people affected by the deadly flash floods in Texas before mourning the “heartbreaking” loss of life amid the ongoing conflicts in Gaza on Monday (July 7).

First taking to Instagram to send love to people down South, the singer/songwriter wrote that she’s “so sorry for everyone who’s going through this” in relation to the people affected by the torrential downpours in central Texas. With storms first breaking out on the Fourth of July, at least 95 people have died amid the natural disaster, according to CNN.

“We’ve been thinking of you every day since the floods,” Del Rey wrote in her post, layering pink text over a photo of a cloudless blue sky. “All of my prayers are with you every moment of the day this week, and may all the angels be with you as you search for even more lost loved ones.

“It’s truly unprecedented, and I can’t even imagine it,” the musician added.

Included in the floods’ ever-increasing death toll are 27 young girls and counselors who were part of Camp Mystic, a summer camp located along the Guadalupe River. Ten campers and one counselor are still missing, CNN reports.

Del Rey is just one of several musicians who have spoken out about the devastation in Texas, with Billie Eilish, Miranda Lambert, Shakira and Maren Morris also posting tributes in the past couple of days. Rescue missions are still ongoing as rainfall continues to tear through the state, with Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr. noting in a recent interview with CNN that the storms were so sudden, he didn’t even receive an alert that they’d be happening beforehand.

In the comments of her post, however, Del Rey also reminded fans of another humanitarian crisis that’s been unfolding in the Middle East for well over a year. “And yes of course we pray for Palestine every day,” the 11-time Grammy nominee wrote in response to fans questioning why she was speaking out about the floods but not about the crisis in Gaza.

“I wish for peace between all nations and am constantly up on all of the news between the Israel Palestine conflict,” she continued. “I was very hopeful when we were getting close to a peace treaty. And that was my greatest wish as I’ve watched the news unfold from a far.”

Mass hunger and homelessness has run rampant in and around the Gaza Strip ever since Hamas killed 1,200 people and took 251 more hostages in its Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, which prompted the country to declare war on the terrorist group. According to Reuters, more than 55,000 Palestinians have been killed in the subsequent violence.

“It’s always difficult to watch any innocent victims killed by crimes of war,” Del Rey wrote of the conflict. “There is never a good way of wording things that will make all people happy but that is my personal truth. Politically I do keep up and have been very much hoping for cease fire. This is a long ongoing conflict and one I’ve studied hard to understand. It’s heartbreaking and unfathomable to think there hasn’t been a way to find some resolution.

“It’s a topic of conversation in many of my daily conversations and we’re constantly considering what we can do to contribute in all situations like this,” she added. “I always have been.”

See Del Rey’s post below, and find her response about Palestine in the comments section.

LeAnn Rimes dove deep into some nitty-gritty topics in her Flow Space cover story published Monday (July 7), from the precarious beginnings of her relationship with husband Eddie Cibrian to the dental issues that led to her teeth falling out mid-concert in a viral moment last month.

Though the singer/songwriter and her partner have been married for 14 years at this point, their romance got off to a rocky start. Rimes has long been candid about having begun her relationship with Cibrian — whom she met on the set of the Lifetime movie Northern Lights — while both parties were still married to other people, and in the new piece, Rimes opens up about the backlash she faced in light of the affair more than a decade ago.

“I realized very quickly that there are a lot of women who’ve been hurt,” she told the publication. “Like, I’ve been on both sides of that coin — I’ve been cheated on, too, so I know that feeling.

“But so many women don’t know what to do with that anger,” Rimes continued. “I was a target that was just easily projected upon. And once I realized that, things got a lot easier. Instead of taking it so personally, it’s like, look: This is not all my pain to carry. I know what I’m responsible for in the situation and making amends for that. But you know, the world’s pain is not mine to carry, and I think that really got thrown at me for a long time.”

Rimes was previously married for eight years to Dean Sheremet, while Cibrian shares two sons with ex-wife Brandi Glanville. Throughout their relationship, Rimes says that Cibrian has been her support system amid various health issues, including her long battle with psoriasis and her more recent struggles with perimenopause.

The musician has also dealt with various dental problems, as evidenced during a June concert that found Rimes rushing offstage after feeling her front dental bridge pop out of her mouth mid-song. “There wasn’t a f—ing thing I could do about it except either walk off or just hold my teeth in and sing, so I just ran with it,” she later said of the moment in an Instagram video. “The show can go on, even in the midst of sheer, utter embarrassment.”

To Flow Space, Rimes opened up about the many dental surgeries and oral pain she’s faced since getting a botched set of veneers when she was about 16. “I look at my pictures from that time, and my face was so different — it was just so swollen,” she told the publication. “Oh, it was awful. I was in chronic pain for, like, two-and-a-half years.”

See Rimes on the cover of Flow Space below.