‘Flava’ Mcgregor sues BMI
them myself. I sat down an’ write the lawsuit myself. Did you know, nobody can ever explain your situation like you? This is why mi file it. And if I get a lawyer put on it, all he has to do is to continue the journey,” the South Florida-based Mcgregor told the
Formed in 1939, BMI is the largest music rights organisation in the United States. It represents more than 17 million musical works created and owned by over 1.1 million songwriters, composers and music publishers.
Court documents state that in early 2011, Mcgregor noticed that Bertlesmann Music Group Rights Management (BMG) began appearing on the compositions he registered with BMI. BMG allegedly advised him that VP Records and its publishing company STB Music had assigned his rights to them. A former division of German media company Bertelsmann, a majority of BMG’S assets were acquired by Sony Corporation of America in October 2008. “I have been having discussions with BMI since 2011 and haven’t been getting anywhere. I had no other choice but to sue them,” said Mcgregor.
This is not Mcgregor’s first legal battle. In 2017 he had a similar tussle with VP Records for which there was an “out-of-court settlement”, and in July a Florida court threw out a two-year lawsuit filed by him against deejay Khago.
A former disc jockey, Mcgregor got involved in music production nearly two decades ago.
He has produced a number of hit songs including Gyptian’s
Queen Ifrica’s