POP/ROCK - May 18, 1990

By GREG BRAXTON

May 18, 1990 12 AM PT

<i> Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press</i>

Funky Cold Lawsuit: Young M.C. is suing his recording company, Delicious Vinyl Inc., claiming it failed to pay all the profits it owes him for composing the hits “Wild Thing” and “Funky Cold Medina.” The rapper also said in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that the company breached an agreement not to release recordings of the songs by another artist until it released his own recordings. Tone Loc recorded the songs. Officials of Delicious Vinyl could not be reached for comment.

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Greg Braxton

A lifelong Los Angeles resident, Greg Braxton has written for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades. He currently is a staff writer covering television for the Calendar section, and has also written extensively about trends and cultural issues in the entertainment field.

POP/ROCK - May 18, 1990

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