Sexyy Red has written to the judge overseeing late producer Tay Keith’s unpaid royalties lawsuit, calling the allegations hurtful and asking to be removed from the case—weeks before the dispute was said to be nearing resolution.
Sexyy Red turned to a judge with a handwritten argument that reads less like courtroom procedure and more like personal shock. In an emotional letter obtained by MISRYOUM. she told the court she was “appalled” and “hurt” by the allegations in late music producer Tay Keith’s lawsuit over unpaid music royalties.
The note was written on June 6, 2026—just days before Tay Keith died. His lawsuit had targeted Sexyy Red’s label as well as Sexyy Red herself, and by the time the case reached the judge, Sexyy said she had only recently learned she was named as a defendant.
In her letter, Sexyy disputes the claims made in Tay’s filing. She also stressed that, as an artist, she was not the one “allowed to pay producers,” saying those matters are handled by the record label.
“Tay Keith and I are great working partners and even greater friends,” Sexyy wrote, according to the letter obtained. “If the label owes him money, I’m sure they have started the process to get him paid.”
She added that there are “several songs” she and Tay Keith worked on together that she says she hasn’t received payment for yet, framing the delay as part of the label’s internal payment process. “It’s just a process the label uses in making payments after all the monies are recouped,” she wrote.
Sexyy also said Tay Keith told her he wasn’t sure why she was named in the lawsuit. She asked the judge to remove her from the case immediately.
Tay Keith’s lawsuit claimed he worked on 13 songs for Sexyy Red in 2024 but “was not paid a dime.”
A representative for Tay Keith and the record label told MISRYOUM that Sexyy Red “should not have been added as a defendant.” The label’s attorney. Dameka Davis. said royalty negotiations are handled by labels. not artists. and that she had worked with the legal counsel and team for Tay Keith “to finalize the royalty agreement to fully compensate him for his valuable contributions as a musical collaborator with Sexyy.”.
The label also claimed the royalty issues were being resolved in the weeks before Tay’s death.
On the other side, a representative for Tay Keith said the dispute is between the parties’ respective labels and that naming Sexyy Red was “a legal formality,” adding that any allegations are directed at the label and not Red personally.
For Sexyy, the central demand was simpler and sharper: remove her from the case—after learning she was named—while insisting the label controls the payment system and that any money owed should be handled through that channel.
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Wait so they’re saying she didn’t pay but it was the label? Sounds like rich people problems.
The headline alone is wild. If Tay Keith died and weeks earlier they were “near resolution” then why is any of this still in court? Kinda messed up timing.
Handwritten letter to a judge?? That’s either really heartfelt or just PR. Also “not allowed to pay producers”?? I mean artists could still say they got paid right? Idk, seems like finger pointing.
Royalty lawsuits confuse me. Didn’t Tay Keith do the beats? If he didn’t get paid a dime in 2024 then somebody scammed somebody. Also if it’s a “legal formality” why even add her name… seems like a trap.