Taylor Swift hits back after Scooter Braun sells her masters for $300M following row over music rights
TAYLOR Swift has hit back at Scooter Braun after he sold her masters for $300 million.
accused the music manager of attempting to silence her through an NDA used by those wishing to "silence an assault accuser".
Scooter sold the rights to Taylor's first six albums to investment fund Shamrock Holdings.
In the letter to fans, Taylor broke her silence and revealed it was the "second time my music had been sold without my knowledge."
She claimed that Scooter's legal team wanted her to "sign an NDA stating I would never say another word about Scooter Braun unless it was positive" before her team would be allowed to "look at the financial records."
She continued: "So I would have to sign a document that would silence me forever before I could even have a chance to bid on my own work.
"My legal team said that this is absolutely NOT normal and they have never seen an NDA like this presented unless it was to silence an assault accuser by paying them off."
Taylor then went on to claim she heard from Shamrock Holdings a few weeks back, who told her they had purchased "100% of my music."
The singer also alleged the company told her that they had been told by Scooter not to contact her before the sale, or the "deal would be off."
The hitmaker, 30, then went on to allege she had been hopeful that she could work with Shamrock on how to proceed with her old work, which includes Grammy-winning albums Fearless and 1989, but that she learned that "under their terms Scooter will continue to profit off my old musical catalog."
The Shake It Off singer concluded by telling fans she had begun rerecording her old work, and it has "already proven to be both exciting and creatively fulfilling."
Alongside her statement she included the letter she sent to Shamrock in reply.
In 2019 it was revealed that her former manager Scott Borchetta had sold off her back catalogue of music to Scooter, and manager.
Scooter and his partners controlled the music Taylor previously released under the label - which included the first six of her albums.
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The pop star called the new ownership her "worst case scenario" in a fiery Tumblr letter she posted to fans just after news broke.
She explained: "Some fun facts about today’s news: I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world.
"All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years," she blasted.