Tech N9ne and Strange Music made a headline at TMZ today. Apparently at some point last year, Universal Music Group started a subsidiary called Strainge, which Tech claims is a direct ripoff of he and Travis’s imprint: Strange Music. They claim that it was intentional, and used to deceive fans into thinking they are buying into the Snake & Bat. Check the full details below.
From TMZ.com:
TECH N9NE – Nothing Strange Here …MY COMPANY NAME GOT RIPPED OFF!!!
Hip-hop artist Tech N9ne is adamant — there is no I in “Strange” … no matter what a rival record company wants you to think.
According to a new lawsuit …. the “Caribou Lou” rapper’s independent record label, Strange Music — founded with his business partner in 1999 — is being ripped off by another label that popped up in 2016 with a strikingly similar name — Strainge Entertainment.
According to the docs … Strainge was created under the umbrella of Universal Music Group to cause confusion with hip-hop fans and undermine the years of hard work done by Tech N9ne and Strange Music.
Tech claims consumers constantly get Strange Music’s artists mixed up with the Strainge label on social media due to Strainge’s intentional marketing deception … and it’s hurting his brand.
Strange Music is suing Strainge for trademark infringement, and wants the label to change its name and destroy everything with Strainge on it. Tech N9ne also wants any profits Strainge has made off the name.
We reached out to Strainge … no word back yet.
Faygoluvers Comments
randy gall
Comment posted on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017 09:28 pm GMT -5 at 9:28 pm
hey tech nine man its called karma for when you rip off psy and denied it
BurtMacklin
Comment posted on Wednesday, October 4th, 2017 01:08 am GMT -5 at 1:08 am
You’re a fuckin tool if you think Tech ripped off Psy.
mikeysinder
Comment posted on Wednesday, October 4th, 2017 04:30 am GMT -5 at 4:30 am
ripped off is a bad way to put it, but it definitely heavily influenced it in a major way, something tech refuses to admit which made me lose respect for tech, how you gonna deny something that’s blatantly true.
Robocop
Comment posted on Wednesday, October 4th, 2017 12:47 am GMT -5 at 12:47 am
Strainge I love their artist tek rhyme.
Robocop
Comment posted on Wednesday, October 4th, 2017 07:03 am GMT -5 at 7:03 am
Yeah I don’t know about complete rip off from psy but to say that he thinks Travis was more influinced by no limit or whatever he said was a lie. He’s obviously embarrassed being compared to psy. Its like having a ugly girlfriend who takes care of you and supports you but you deny her and don’t wanna be seen with her in public. You can clearly see the simalrites and influence from psy and he denied it.
Juggalo Keselowski
Comment posted on Wednesday, October 4th, 2017 10:08 am GMT -5 at 10:08 am
Yeah rip off is too much. Strange was built on Psy’s blueprint, which was built from Reel Life’s blueprint, which was sort of built from the Dead Kennedy’s blueprint, which was… and so on all the way back to Robert Johnson. Everybody’s just ripping him off basically. But he probably ripped off some people too so…
Rizzle
Comment posted on Wednesday, October 4th, 2017 11:35 am GMT -5 at 11:35 am
Companies do this shit all the time. I see makeup companies do this A LOT. Hell, the Romans ripped off the Greeks. But honestly I don’t think Tech has a case, there only needs to be at least a 10% difference between companies for the law to let it slide.
Cabracan
Comment posted on Thursday, October 5th, 2017 11:35 am GMT -5 at 11:35 am
Despite anything else, I just like the fact that tech is trying to fuck the big ones haha
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