Adam22, the host of popular hip-hop podcast No Jumper, is facing a lawsuit from a man who says he was assaulted by rapper Luce Cannon and music manager Wack 100 outside the podcaster’s studio last year.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday (Aug. 5) and obtained by Billboard, stems from a fight outside No Jumper’s Burbank, Calif., studio this past December between a man named Jermel Reed, who goes by the moniker J. Reed, on one side and Luce Cannon (Termaine Ashley Williams) and Wack 100 (Cash Jones) on the other. The brawl was captured on video and went viral on hip-hop social media channels.
Reed is not suing Cannon or Wack 100. Rather, he’s levying negligence claims against Adam22 and the entity that owns No Jumper’s studio, White Pickle LLC. Reed says Adam22 and his company knew that Cannon and Wack 100 “had a history of violent, criminal or dangerous conduct.”
“Despite this knowledge, defendant White Pickle and or defendant Adam Grandmaison negligently failed to exercise reasonable care in monitoring and supervising the premises while hosting podcast events,” reads the complaint.
Reed says he was “violently assaulted and battered” during the brawl, suffering bruised eyes, a broken nose and a concussion. He also claims Cannon and Wack 100 stole cash and valuables worth more than $10,000 from him.
Cannon, an alleged member of Los Angeles’ Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang, is currently in custody as part of the federal RICO case against gang leader and music executive Eugene “Big U” Henley Jr. Cannon is charged with extortion.
Reps for Adam22, Cannon and Wack 100 did not immediately return requests for comment on Thursday (Aug. 7).
This is the second time this year that Adam22 has found himself in the legal crosshairs. In January, he was sued for sexual harassment by two former No Jumper employees; the claims have since been settled out of court.
In 2018, multiple women accused the podcast host of rape and other sexual misconduct. The accusations, which Adam22 denied, led Atlantic Records to sever ties with him and cancel plans for an imprint called No Jumper Records.
