Demetrius ellerbee biography

The "best friend" of Young Jeezy filed a lawsuit against the hip-hop artist, claiming that the rapper misappropriated funds that were rightfully the friend's.

Demetrius Ellerbee was one of the executive producers for the albums of Young Jeezy, whose legal name is Jay Jenkins.

Ellerbee has sued Jenkins, the record label the two started and Universal Music Group, saying he is owed more than $5 million, which is half of what Jenkins earned.

Ellerbee, who claims in the lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Ga., that he and Jenkins were "best friends" as teenagers in a boot camp and started a record label, Corporate Thugz Entertainment, or CTE, in 2001.

According to the complaint, Ellerbee said the two had a "long-standing agreement that they would share equally in all expenses and proceeds associated with defendant CTE and [Ellerbee] and defendant Jenk