{"id":14002,"date":"2010-02-08T12:14:13","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=14002"},"modified":"2010-02-08T12:14:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T16:14:48","slug":"hedge-fund-lawsuit-tops-jay-z-99-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/02\/2010\/hedge-fund-lawsuit-tops-jay-z-99-problems.html","title":{"rendered":"Hedge Fund Lawsuits tops Jay Z&#8217;s list of &#8220;99 Problems&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York \u2013 (HedgeCo.net):\u00a0Shawn Carter, known by his legions of adoring hip-hop fans as rapper  Jay-Z, has sued Dallas-based hedge fund firm, Highland Capital  Management, LP, according to a story published by Bloomberg.\u00a0 The rap  mogul, who also founded Rocawear, a clothing line, is seeking damages as  a result of a loan guarantee made by the fund.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute arises from a $52 million loan Carter and several associates  obtained in relation to a boutique hotel they planned to build in  Manhattan&#8217;s Chelsea neighborhood.\u00a0 That loan, which went into default in  August, is currently held by Highland.<\/p>\n<p>According to the suit filed in federal court in New York, Carter and his  associates claim that Highland and NexBank SSB are attempting to recover  funds from them in excess of what they initially agreed to allocate to  the project.\u00a0 Carter seeks verification from the court that he has met  his obligations, as well as an additional $3.7 million in interest.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Jay Z&#8217;s reputation, Highland Capital Management may be the real &#8220;g&#8217;s&#8221; in this situation. \u00a0In 2009, Highland was accused of &#8220;holding investors hostage&#8221; and refusing to return capital invested in the fund to continue to generate fees. \u00a0However, some have mentioned that Highland Capital Management&#8217;s actions might be a marketing ploy, attempting to increase &#8220;street cred&#8221; for future hedge fund releases.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Thompson<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0<a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier\u00a0<a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in\u00a0<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for\u00a0<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York \u2013 (HedgeCo.net):\u00a0Shawn Carter, known by his legions of adoring hip-hop fans as rapper Jay-Z, has sued Dallas-based hedge fund firm, Highland Capital Management, LP, according to a story published by Bloomberg.\u00a0 The rap mogul, who also founded Rocawear, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16005,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-developing-stories","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14002"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14005,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14002\/revisions\/14005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}