Overview
- Sexyy Red sent a letter dated June 6 asking the court to remove her as a defendant in a lawsuit over unpaid royalties tied to 13 songs she recorded with producer Tay Keith in 2024.
- She told the judge she is “appalled” to be named and said artists do not control producer payments, which are handled by record labels.
- Rebel Music’s attorney, Dameka Davis, and a representative for Tay Keith said the dispute is between the labels and not the artist, and that they had been finalizing an agreement to compensate Tay Keith.
- Tay Keith died in mid-June, and both camps say they are expediting completion of the payment process so funds can be sent to his estate as soon as the label-level deal is finalized.
- Under common label practice, labels administer royalty accounting and may recoup advances before paying collaborators, a process Sexyy Red cited to explain why she had not personally issued payments to the producer.