Jeezy is now facing a fierce legal backlash in Atlanta, as his former manager responds to allegations of financial misconduct with a damning countersuit.
Solomon Fornie, once the trusted figure behind Jeezy’s business affairs, claims he rescued the rapper from financial collapse—and now finds himself cast as the villain in a dispute over power, money, and loyalty.
According to court records obtained by The Jasmine Brand, Fornie says he pulled Jeezy back from the brink when the rapper was “broke and facing lawsuits.” Far from mismanaging funds, Fornie insists he risked everything to rebuild Jeezy’s personal and professional life.
“I put my finances, my credit, and my reputation on the line to rebuild Jenkins’ career from the ground up,” Fornie declared in the filing. “He went from foreclosure to Forbes, and now he wants to pretend I was never there.”
Fornie claims he paid off the rapper’s real estate debts, covered staff payroll, and took out a $400,000 loan to keep their businesses afloat. That loan, he says, has never been repaid. He also alleges he worked for five years without a formal commission, surviving on a limited stipend tied to Jeezy’s endorsement deal with Avion Tequila.
The countersuit follows Jeezy’s February complaint, where he accused Fornie and business associate Eddie Bridgeman of financial mismanagement, unauthorized transactions, and deliberately blocking access to financial records. In that filing, Jeezy asserted the pair used his money for personal gain and struck deals behind his back.
The legal battle is especially bitter given their once-close partnership. Jeezy and Fornie launched Agency 99 in 2015 as a vehicle to oversee the rapper’s earnings and grow his brand beyond music. Bridgeman’s firm, the SaiSai Group, later joined to handle financial oversight. But Jeezy now claims he discovered Bridgeman was never a licensed CPA, casting doubt on the legitimacy of their entire financial structure.
What began as a strategic alliance has unraveled into a courtroom showdown. At its core lies a question of trust: who was truly steering the ship—and who was quietly cashing in? The case now hinges not just on missing funds but on competing narratives of rescue and betrayal, set against the backdrop of one of hip-hop’s most calculated business reinventions.
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