A class-action lawsuit contends that stakeholders in Yuga Labs, the parent company of NFT series Bored Ape Yacht Club and its affiliated digital products, engaged in a conspiracy with celebrities to defraud potential investors.In the complaint, filed Dec. 8 in federal district court in L.A., Yuga partners — including veteran music manager Guy Oseary — are named among the 37 defendants, who include Kevin Hart, Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, Justin Bieber, Serena Williams, Jimmy Fallon, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, The Weeknd,...
Sound Ventures
Guy
Oseary
Co-Founder
The Red Hot Chili Peppers released two long albums in the same year, each housing 17 songs, with the first of those two, “Unlimited Love,” becoming the second No. 1 set of the group’s career. The band also started a 46-date global stadium tour in June. Madonna also made news when remix album “Finally Enough Love” entered the Billboard 200 at No. 8, making her the only woman with top 10 sets in the ’80s, ’90s, 2000s, ’10s and ’20s. U2 left Oseary’s roster in October, but Variety’s 2022 Music Mogul of the Year is never confined to artist management. Over the past five years, more than 20 of his early-stage investments have gone public, with a combined market cap of $250 billion across his Sound Ventures partnership with Ashton Kutcher and his A-Grade Investments portfolio.