According to Rolling Stone, the suit alleges that Questlove (Ahmir Thompson), Black Thought (Tariq Trotter), Roots manager Shawn Gee, and band employee Munir Nuriddin “are advancing a continuing scheme to defraud” Hubbard’s estate and widow, Stephanie Hubbard.
It also includes Live Nation, Universal Music Publishing Group, and other companies the Roots worked with.
The lawsuit details that Hubbard had a 17 percent stake in Grand Negaz, Inc., a corporate entity the Roots founded in 1993 to handle their business dealings. It also states Hubbard was granted 25 percent of the group’s recording and publishing, plus a 33 percent stake in the Roots’ touring performance company.
Hubbard left the group in 2007 after he was diagnosed with blood cancer. He died in December 2021 at 62. To read more about this story click here.