Hip hop mogul Damon Dash, left, has filed a $5 million breach of contract lawsuit against filmmaker Lee Daniels over the profits to an upcoming Richard Pryor biopic.
Dash, CEO of Roc-A-Wear, previously sued the 58-year-old filmmaker for $25 million in 2014, claiming he loaned Daniels $2 million in 2004 in exchange for the rights to films Precious, The Butler and TV show Empire.
In court documents, Dash insisted he had not received a penny from the projects.
Damon and Lee settled in 2015, and, according to The Blast, Dash was promised co-executive producing credit on the upcoming Richard Pryor biopic, starring Mike Epps, Oprah Winfrey, Eddie Murphy, and Kate Hudson.
The 47-year-old is also supposed to receive 5 per cent of the gross profits from the film.
However, he insists Daniels is not holding up his end of the agreement and is failing to give Dash any updates about the film which is still in the production phase. Dash is seeking $5 million in damages and a co-executive producer credit.
Earlier this week, Dash uploaded a video to Instagram of a confrontation between himself and the movie mogul at a recent Diana Ross concert.
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