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Oh yes eddie, THUGS!! There is a book out about Death Row Records( the name escapes me at this moment, which records the doings of Suge Knight, let's just say this guy is no Col. Tom Parker or Brian Epstein, give you a hint, there were times when Knight and his friends in the Bloods, would get some poor soul, and have him beaten up, right in the middle of the offices of Death Row Records. Very entertaining and scary reading.

This is a very old and long on-going thing, as well. When the lead members, the actual songwriters that were part of the group "Chic" found out that the Sugar Hill Gang had stolen the instrumentals from "Good Times" to use for their "Rappers Delight" (back in 1979), they naturally asked them to stop stealing their work. The Sugar Hill Gangs response was to send armed thungs out and threaten the poor guys. Fortunately, Chic's lawyer had Mafia connections, and enough pressure was brought to bear on the Sugar Hill Gang; a compromise was reached, and the two songwriters got half a mill in cash on the QT.....

This is a very old and long on-going thing, as well. When the lead members, the actual songwriters that were part of the group "Chic" found out that the Sugar Hill Gang had stolen the instrumentals from "Good Times" to use for their "Rappers Delight" (back in 1979), they naturally asked them to stop stealing their work. The Sugar Hill Gangs response was to send armed thungs out and threaten the poor guys. Fortunately, Chic's lawyer had Mafia connections, and enough pressure was brought to bear on the Sugar Hill Gang; a compromise was reached, and the two songwriters got half a mill in cash on the QT.....

I seem to recall that Led Zepplins manager had quite a reputation for thuggery as well.