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\n\tChance the Rapper<\/a> has reached the end of a five-year legal battle with his former manager, Pat Corcoran. Following jury deliberations in a trial that ran for just over two weeks, the artist born Chancelor Bennett was awarded $35 in his countersuit <\/a>against Corcoran, who he alleged exploited his position as manager, demanded kickbacks, and damaged the musician\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n \n\tThe lawsuit, which sought $1 million, was initially filed in February 2021. It arrived just over two months after Corcoran filed his own lawsuit seeking $3.8 million in unpaid expenses and commissions from the rapper related to touring, merchandise, and other responsibilities. <\/p>\n \n\tBennett and Corcoran met in 2012 and soon after \u201creached an oral agreement under which Mr. Corcoran would manage Mr. Bennett\u2019s music career and, during that tenure, would be compensated for his services with 15% of the net profits that Mr. Bennett earned from the exploitation of his music,\u201d according to documents from the countersuit. <\/p>\n \n\tBut as this agreement was never put into writing, Corcoran was ultimately unsuccessful in his pursuit of damages after being dismissed as Bennett\u2019s manager in April 2020 due to \u201cMr. Corcoran\u2019s inattention, incompetence, betrayals, and competing business direction could not be ignored, and Mr. Bennett determined that Mr. Corcoran was an increasing liability to his career.\u201d Bennett\u2019s management<\/a> team now includes his father, Ken Bennett, and his brother, Taylor Bennett. In his suit, Corcoran claimed that the two family members \u201ceroded\u201d the rapper\u2019s confidence in him.<\/p>\n