Chance The Rapper Wins Against Ex-Manager Again After $35 Victory

Chance the Rapper won another round against Pat Corcoran after a judge ordered his former manager to hand over undisclosed merchandise profits, months after the rapper won a courtroom battle that netted him just $35.

Cook County Circuit Court Judge James E. Hanlon Jr. ruled on October 13 that Corcoran breached his duties to Chance by seeking side payments from merchandise vendors without telling him. Rolling Stone, which obtained the ruling, reported that the repayment order covered vendor commissions and merchandise-related management fees.

The court ordered Corcoran to return those profits, along with the 15% management commissions he earned on merchandise during the period at issue. The court also directed him to hand over chanceraps.com, the domain used to sell the artist’s merchandise.

The amount still needs to be worked out. Chance’s representatives said they could recover as much as $1.5 million in management fees, plus vendor payments. The judge had not set a final dollar figure. A court conference in late November is set to address the calculation, Billboard reported.

“I’m grateful to finally close this chapter of my life and can’t wait to eventually tell my side of the story. I’m thankful to the courts and, more importantly, to God for remaining faithful,” Chance said in a statement supplied by his representatives.

The new decision covered a claim the judge heard in May, separate from the jury trial that ended in March.

That jury rejected Corcoran’s $3.8 million demand for unpaid commissions and awarded Chance $35 on his own counterclaims. The dispute over the manager’s duty to act in his client’s interests still had to be decided.

Corcoran sued in 2020 after Chance fired him that April. Their working relationship had begun in 2012, but they never signed a written management contract.

The former manager argued that their verbal deal entitled him to a share of income for three years after the split. Chance denied agreeing to those continued payments.

Their fight also reached beyond post-split income. Corcoran’s side argued that he should earn commissions on deals he worked on while employed, even though the money arrived later.

Chance’s lawyers accused him of pursuing his own profit through merchandise arrangements rather than protecting the artist’s business.

The judge rejected Chance’s request that Corcoran forfeit all past compensation, preserving payment for work outside the disputed merchandise arrangements.

Corcoran’s spokesperson emphasized that limit in a response to Rolling Stone and argued that Chance still had to prove harm in the merchandise business.

“The court ruled there is no basis for Chance’s claim of more than $10 million in damages,” the spokesperson said.