C+C Music Factory Founder Sues Freedom Williams in $30 Million Trademark Lawsuit

Robert Clivillés claims rapper Williams has been making money off the group's name without permission

Robert Clivillés alleges that Williams was only a "subordinate contributor" on 1990s hits like “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)."

Whatever fallout came as a result of the canceled Freedom 250 concerts on the National Mall in Washington this summer, we can add a lawsuit that otherwise might not have happened. One prominent figure in that D.C. controversy, Freedom Williams, who made newsmaking statements in his role as frontman for the touring edit