The lawsuit seeks unspecified compensation and punitive damages from Prince, since the Purple Rain singer is “accountable for tortuously interfering in its agreement with Hill and recover damages stemming from the fact that he deliberately interfered with its relationship with Hill and made it economically unfeasible for to ever release Hill’s first album.” “Judith Hill’s first album – Back in Time - is now out, but rather than cheering along with her, the people who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop her career and album and worked to position Hill for her first release (as well as those who co-wrote many of the songs) are sitting dumbfounded on the sidelines while Prince gives away their investment for free,” Cherry wrote in the suit. However, when Hill formally asked permission to record with Prince, Cherry denied her.
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On March 23rd, Live Nation subscribers received a message with the subject line “A Note From Prince.” “Sorry 2 bother U,” Prince wrote. “Please spend some time with this music and then share it with someone U love.” The email was accompanied by a link to a free download of Back in Time that needed to be used by March 25th.Ĭherry claims that there were rumors that Hill, a former The Voice contestant and backup vocalist for Michael Jackson, had been working with Prince, an arrangement that was allegedly outside of Hill’s exclusive contract with Cherry.