Bow Wow Reportedly Dodging Lawsuit By Jermaine Dupri's Dad

Bow Wow is discovering himself in some authorized drama with Jermaine Dupri‘s dad. The father is accusing the rapper of unlawfully utilizing his trademark title.

According to new courtroom paperwork obtained by AllHipHop, Michael Mauldin has been going after Bow Wow since September. That is when he first filed the lawsuit towards the 36-year-old and Black Promoters Collective.

Mauldin accused each events of utilizing the trademark “Scream Tour” and subsequently launching a brand new tour over the summer time of 2023 with the identical title with out his permission.

Reportedly, Mauldin has owned the trademark since 2001, and contemplating Bow Wow’s shut ties with him and Dupri over time, he asserts that the rapper would have been “unquestionably familiar” with the title and its possession.

Bow Wow Acquired An Ownership Stake In The Scream Tour

In addition to that, Mauldin mentions that Bow Wow was a part of the unique Scream Tour line-up. This additional signifies, per Mauldin, that the Ohio native ought to have recognized the title was already in use. However, it’s unclear if Bow Wow knew about its trademark standing.

To make issues worse, in July, The Black Promoters Collective introduced that Bow Wow had acquired an possession stake within the tour, which they stated “he helped to create.”

The courtroom informed Mauldin that he had 90 days to serve Bow Wow with the authorized papers after submitting the authorized docs. But in his movement, filed on Tuesday (December 19), he claims it’s been troublesome to come up with the ‘Let Me Hold You’ artist.

JD’s dad believes Bow Wow is deliberately avoiding service of the criticism. Therefore, he has requested an extension to serve the swimsuit to the daddy of 1.

Mauldin’s lawyer, Christopher Chan, who filed the movement on his shopper’s behalf, wrote, “The extension of time would aid in timely locating and serving defendant, who has been thus far unattainable since the initial filing of the complaint on September 21, 2023, due to the refusal of service by defendant’s counsel and the refusal of service at defendant’s address in Atlanta, Georgia… The extension of time would also prevent further delay in the case by avoiding a dismissal without prejudice and subsequent refiling of the Complaint. The proposed extension of time to serve the Defendant would extend the current deadline from December 20, 2023, to March 19, 2024.”

Bow Wow hasn’t responded to the accusations publicly but.

Scream Tour Gets Postponed

In July, Black Promoters Collective introduced that the anticipated return of the Scream Tour 2023 wouldn’t happen in September as anticipated initially. The occasion’s organizers acknowledged that that they had postponed the Scream Tour 2023: Next Up! and would announce a brand new date for the rescheduled present in 2024.

Bow Wow and Kayla Nicole had been set to host the live performance. That Girl Lay Lay, Young Dylan, Rocco Lupo, and Lay Bankz had been a few of the artists anticipated to carry out on the stage.

It’s additionally unclear whether or not Mauldin’s lawsuit might have influenced the present’s lack of ability to come back to fruition. Nonetheless, Mauldin will reportedly proceed to pursue serving Bow Wow with the criticism.