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CCS Music Said Marketing Company Broke Deal By Not Investing In Mario’s Unreleased “Never 2 Late”

Singer Mario is at the center of a nasty legal battle over his upcoming comeback album.

A music production company is suing over $400,000 it invested in the unreleased music – demanding another company pay up ASAP because the other company’s shenanigans mean the album is still under wraps.

A company named CCS Music Group filed a federal lawsuit against H Brand LLC and a music executive named Derek Jackson, accusing H Brand of fraud and demanding damages for the losses they incurred due to the misrepresentations by the company.

Brad and Seth Cohen formed the music company last year – with music producer Scott Storch – to record and produce music.

Around February 2015, the company began producing songs for the singer Mario with Storch. They didn’t originally plan to record an entire album but they kept working on more songs over time.

The company reached out to H Brand and Derek Jackson saying they were concerned about the amount of money it would take to record, market and distribute a full album by Mario.

They explained that Jackson informed them he had half a million dollars to sink into the project. He also claimed he had numerous industry connections and would be able to promote and distribute the album.

Based on Jackson’s statements they decided to enter into an agreement with Mario and Storch to fund the recording in exchange for a percentage of the profits. The deal stated that H Brand was responsible for marketing and manufacturing of the album.

Mario and Storch finished the album in July – with it being fully edited and mastered – and was ready to be released. CCS Music Group said they spent $400,000 of their money on advances for Mario and Storch along with studio time and other costs.

Then CCS Music Group was informed that H Brands did not have the $500,000 they claimed. They say they never received a dime from Jackson or his company for the Mario album. To make matters worse, H Brands sent off a letter claiming full ownership of the album despite not funding it whatsoever. The company says they would have never spent $400,000 if Jackson didn’t have the funds like he told them.

Mario’s last album was released in 2009 and it appears his next album – the one at the center of this case – is entitled ‘Never 2 Late’ and doesn’t yet have an official release date.

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