$6.6 million judgment upheld against Yo Gotti. Rapper is ordered to pay the manager of a Winston-

$6.6 million judgment upheld against Yo Gotti. Rapper is ordered to pay the manager of a Winston-Salem singer.


Rapper Yo Gotti sat in a Winston-Salem courtroom and heard news he didn't want to hear — that $6.6 million judgment he wanted vacated isn't going anywhere.

Last month, Judge Todd Burke of Forsyth Superior Court awarded that amount to Michael Terry, manager of Winston-Salem singer Young Fletcher, whose legal name is Lamont Fletcher.

Yo Gotti, whose legal name is Mario Mims, was accused of wiggling out of a deal in which he was paid $20,000 to rap a verse over Young Fletcher's song, an effort to boost the singer's sales and airplay. Terry accused Yo Gotti of not signing paperwork allowing for that song's release on streaming services such as Spotify and on sites such as YouTube. He also accused the rapper of trying to pay $150,000 to lure Young Fletcher to the rapper's label.

Yo Gotti never filed a written answer to the lawsuit and, after a nonjury trial last month that Yo Gotti did not attend, the judge awarded $2.2 million in actual damages to Terry — then tripled that amount to $6.6 million after making a legal determination that Yo Gotti engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices.

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(Winston-Salem Journal)