When Carl Crawford logged onto Instagram this week to commemorate a few fresh pieces of RIAA hardware, it's unlikely he was signing up to get bodied by the fanbase responsible for said platinum placements. But nostalgia clashed with reality, and Megan Thee Stallion fans weren't having the trip down memory lane.
"GOD IS GOOD," Crawford captioned a video of him flaunting his new plaques. Shoutout to Megan Thee Stallion. "We had a little bump, but real ones last." He thanked the journey and the lessons and said he planned to hang his accolades in a new studio.
The comment section of the peer-review court of public opinion was a harsh witness, and the fans were not buying Crawford's gratitude speech. One user took a shot, tweeting, "Can't get nobody else to sign huh," prompting a defensive "don't need to. The first time I went for it , I hit the jackpot." Another more cutting remark: "I know u regret fumbling Meg every day," to which he fired back, "Fumbling? What u mean? Our contracts ended."
Crawford posted an Instagram story to defend his role in Megan's career breakout. "You know what it was, it was my money," he added. Everybody knows it takes money to break an artist, and $2 million is the exact amount.
That might have been an effort to set the record straight, but it only fueled the fire. For fans, the moment evoked the years-long legal battle, which began in 2020 when Megan sued the label 1501 Certified Entertainment, founded by Crawford, claiming it had prevented her from releasing music and had trapped her in a lopsided contract signed when she was just 20.
Megan claimed she was due unpaid royalties of over $1 million and accused the label of not acknowledging Something for Thee Hotties as an official album. 1501 responded with a countersuit, saying Megan owed them more than $10 million. The ugly back-and-forth spilled into 2023 before the two sides finally settled for an undisclosed amount and parted ways in October.
Since then, Megan has become fully independent, self-funding her music and taking ownership of her career. For his part, Crawford later says he didn't know the business side of things when they signed her. "We didn't even enter with a specific number, just like us taking 40 percent of Megan's net.
So, for as much as she may have hoped to celebrate her career with those plaques as a lap around the track, Megan's fans weren't doling out high-fives. To these people, his post seemed like a tone-deaf victory dance on a field where Megan did most of the running.
If there's been a "rough patch" between you and one of the most successful women in rap, and the receipts are on the internet, you might want to read the room before you post on a social media network.
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