He sought justice for George Floyd. His next target? Record labels
by August Brown, Los Angeles Times
Feb 16, 2024
4 minutes
In 2022, the New York R&B producer, songwriter and singer Al B. Sure! spent two months in a coma. He survived after a liver transplant, but the ordeal battered his finances.
He needed to find every cent he was due from a career working with Usher, Jodeci and Faith Evans, and being sampled by acts like Megan Thee Stallion.
“I’m blessed to still be alive,” the 55-year-old said. “But after something like that, it’s like asking an accountant to play piano and survive.”
He has a new ally from the civil rights world to find what’s out there. Ben Crump, the attorney who represented and , has a new effort underway to audit record labels’ royalty payments on behalf of artists — especially
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