Latin music artist Feid has been hit with a lawsuit for alleged infringement on his 2022 hit Ferxxo 100 and two different songs.
Sebastien Graux, a Grammy-nominated composer of guitar loops, alleges that samples of his music had been used on Feid’s tracks Ferxxo 100, X20X and De Tanto Chimbiar with out credit score or compensation, regardless of the songs’ producers initially telling him he could be credited and paid.
In a grievance filed with the US District Court docket for the Southern District of California on Monday (June 10), Graux says he was given “months of reassurances” by the producers that he could be appropriately credited and compensated for the songs, however was ultimately given such compensation phrases that he concluded he was being “taken benefit of by the inventive staff behind the three infringing songs.”
“Graux tried to resolve this dispute exterior of litigation. Nonetheless, these makes an attempt had been wholly unsuccessful, necessitating the current motion,” states the grievance, which could be learn in full right here.
The grievance names as defendants Salomon Villada Hoyos, aka Feid; Common Music Group, whose label Common Music Latin launched the allegedly infringing tracks; Colombian label Icon Music; together with Sky Rompiendo and Jowan, who’re each credited as producers on the three Feid tracks.
Colombian-born Feid’s Ferxxo 100 was launched in June 2022 and has been licensed Gold (Latin) within the US, and 2x Platinum in Spain. The music’s official video has 245 million views on YouTube and has been streamed greater than 444 million occasions on Spotify.
A local of Belgium, Graux describes himself as a four-time Grammy nominee whose guitar loops have been featured in works by Ricky Martin, Farruko, Rema, Don Toliver, NBA YoungBoy, and Booba. His LinkedIn web page identifies him because the proprietor of GrauxGuitarLoops.com.
In his grievance, Graux alleges that, throughout a visit to Colombia in September 2021, he met with the staff at Icon Music, which led to him assembly with two Icon producers, Sky Rompiendo and Jowan, who had been working with Feid on the time.
“Graux was ecstatic on the alternative to be featured on these songs and regarded ahead to receiving a producer credit score for his contributions to the songs’ melody and general composition.”
Authorized grievance filed by Sebastien Graux towards Feid, UMG, et al
Throughout a later journey to Miami, he gave Jowan entry to a number of audio recordsdata containing his copyrighted works. Jowan later reportedly knowledgeable Graux that he used three of these tracks on songs for Feid’s upcoming album.
“Graux was ecstatic on the alternative to be featured on these songs and regarded ahead to receiving a producer credit score for his contributions to the songs’ melody and general composition,” the grievance states.
“Nonetheless, regardless of months of reassurances from Jowan and others related to defendants that Graux could be credited and compensated appropriately for his contributions, plaintiff nonetheless has not been paid in any respect for or correctly credited on Ferxxo 100, X20X, and De Tanto Chimbiar.
The grievance says that Graux “got here to grasp that the inventive staff and report label was not thinking about offering him with the complete credit score and compensation that he deserved. When Graux took steps to guard his mental property, inventive pursuits, and profession, the connection with the staff soured resulting in this motion.”
Two months after the discharge of Ferxxo 100, Sky Rompiendo’s firm made a proposal to Graux that Graux’s administration staff described as “one of many least favorable proposals they’ve ever acquired,” the grievance alleges.
There adopted a sequence of back-and-forth negotiations, which ended with out settlement however with the discharge of three songs that includes Graux samples, in line with the grievance.
“Thus far no decision has been reached,” the grievance states.
Graux’ is asking the court docket for compensatory or statutory damages, a producer credit score on the three songs, and compensation for attorneys’ charges.Music Enterprise Worldwide
