(NEW YORK) May 16, 2025. Music executive and personal manager Chelsea Donini ended a three-year ordeal against Detroit rapper Phillip Peaks p/k/a Peezy on May 9 when a Manhattan jury in the U.S. District court unanimously ruled in her favor. They found the EMPIRE recording artist Peezy had improperly repudiated their personal management agreement by failing to pay
management commissions and had defamed her in his song “Nipsey Blue” as a part of his salacious campaign to destroy her professional reputation.
The jury awarded the full amount Donini sought for Peezy’s breach of contract as well as additional damages on the defamation claim, finding that Peezy acted with malice in an effort to destroy Donini’s reputation. The jury awarded Donini over $1.4M dollars total.
Ms. Donini’s attorney, Robert Meloni of Meloni & McCaffrey stated, “This victory was well deserved by Chelsea. It was particularly gratifying since it fully vindicated her name and reputation after being maliciously targeted by Peezy’s false statements.”
Donini started her career in digital marketing at Island Def Jam Music Group, moving up the ranks at RCA Records, Def Jam Recordings and EMPIRE, where she began her work with Peezy. Today, Donini runs her own management and marketing company La Rubia Promotions where she leads strategy and execution of campaigns for A list artists.
(Donini V Peaks Case No. 1:22-cv-09706-RA).
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