Chlöe Bailey and her label sued for exploiting songwriter’s contributions

[Teletubby 159,890]

Chlöe Bailey and Beyoncé's Parkwood Entertainment are accused of not paying a songwriter-producer, Melvin Moore, professionally known as “OneInThe4Rest” (“4Rest”), for his contributions across her “Trouble In Paradise” album.

Moore accuses Bailey and her labels, Columbia Records and Parkwood Entertainment, of deceptive business practices including withholding payment for his work on three songs that appear on Bailey’s 2024 project: “Favorite,” “Same Lingerie” and “Might as Well.”

They claim Moore did not receive “proper professional writing credit,” and allege he was not compensated for “his significant contributions.” The lawsuit includes multiple mentions of ways in which Bailey and the label promoted the music without Moore’s credits on the songs.

Moore is a Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer who has has written and contributed to songs from G-Eazy, French Montana, Usher, Ty Dolla Sign, Chris Brown, 2 Chainz, John Legend, Jason Derulo, BTS, Kanye West, Trey Songz and Drake.

In a separate cease and desist letter, the songwriter states he will not be granting any rights to the label or Bailey for the songs, nor will he be granting a first-use mechanical license for his work. The letter demands a payment of $10,00 as well as immediately ceasing from any and all further unauthorized uses until both parties reach an agreement.

The proposed negotiations on Moore’s part would include a royalty allocation of 2% per master and an additional publishing allocation. They are also asking for the songs to be removed from
all digital music service providers, websites, blogs and social media platforms.

The civil lawsuit requests actual and statutory damages, including up to $150,000 per willful infringement and punitive damages of $5 million per song.

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[Teletubby 159,890]

not $5M per song when all these song have 5-10 writers and barely made any money from streams

[Hydrangea 7,136]

6 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

not $5M per song when all these song have 5-10 writers and barely made any money from streams

They’ll be lucky to get $5

[Teletubby 159,890]

1 minute ago, Hydrangea said:

They’ll be lucky to get $5

[CautiousLurker 19,654]

6 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

Oh that is... 

 

[bionic 50,110]

Beyonce taught her how

[TheMontebello 985]

I wasn't shocked when I saw what label it is 

[Borislshere 53,470]

It’s time for the Bailey sisters to get a new label. 

[salty like sodium 2,163]

1 hour ago, TheMontebello said:

I wasn't shocked when I saw what label it is 

except beyoncé is known for giving insane amounts of money to the people she samples and works with ... so no.

[TheMontebello 985]

54 minutes ago, salty like sodium said:

except beyoncé is known for giving insane amounts of money to the people she samples and works with ... so no.

Kelis disagrees

[artdoll 47,003]

46 minutes ago, TheMontebello said:

Kelis disagrees

I thought Kelis was upset because Bey didn't go to her personally, but rather went to the people who owned the masters or something?

[Economy 52,266]

3 hours ago, CautiousLurker said:

Oh that is... 

 

Prob some underground artist that gets 2000 streams a month and thats their streaming revenue check

[salty like sodium 2,163]

On 2/22/2025 at 12:12 AM, TheMontebello said:

Kelis disagrees

it's always so fun when someone who has no idea what a story is about comes in and makes a random statement like this for clout... 

Kelis's dispute is with Pharrell not crediting her as a songwriter for the song 20 years ago. If she isn't acknowledged and recognized as a songwriter, no one can guess that she wrote it.  Beyoncé isn't a fortune teller, expecting her to guess information that is not available is kind of a crazy reach.

[TheMontebello 985]

2 hours ago, salty like sodium said:

it's always so fun when someone who has no idea what a story is about comes in and makes a random statement like this for clout... 

Kelis's dispute is with Pharrell not crediting her as a songwriter for the song 20 years ago. If she isn't acknowledged and recognized as a songwriter, no one can guess that she wrote it.  Beyoncé isn't a fortune teller, expecting her to guess information that is not available is kind of a crazy reach.

I don't give a s*** about clout, babe. I'm a random account on Gagadaily. It's not that serious to me.