Jury finds Ashanti breached contract, owes producer $630,000.(NEWSMAKERS)(Genard Parker)(Brief Article)

From: Jet | Date: August 15, 2005 | Copyright information

A federal jury recently decided that Grammy Award-winning singer Ashanti owes $630,000 to her first producer for breach of contract. The singer was not in the New York court when the jury returned its verdict in favor of Genard Parker, who worked with Ashanti in 1996 and 1997 when she was 16.

Ashanti, who lived on Long Island when she went to Parker, testified during the four-day trial that Parker did not live up to the terms of their deal as he helped her create music i...

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