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DJ Suede, the man behind the #UNameItChallenge, is responding to Shirley Caesar’s legal claims, saying that he was blindsided by the lawsuit.
DJ Suede sat down with Bossip to talk about what happened leading up to the rumored $5 million lawsuit.
“I respect Pastor Shirley’s position and there’s no beef at all with everybody,” the 26-year-old Atlanta DJ tells Bossip. “I really feel like it’s her legal team. I want this to be a good thing for the both of us.”
You may recall, Shirley Caesar claims that she is not suing the DJ, but instead has sent out a cease and desist for him to remove the song from iTunes, in which he is profiting. She also asked the DJ to remove the video from Youtube because it contains alcohol and twerking.
“We weren’t focusing the video around any negativity,” DJ Suede said of the video. “It wasn’t about twerking, liquor…It was just fun. Everybody had fun. I don’t think we tarnished or brought anything bad to her name.”
DJ Suede said that he caught on to Pastor Caesar’s “Hold My Mule” sermon around the Thanksgiving holiday and decided to put his own personal take. It wasn’t long before celebrities like Chris Brown and Ciara caught on, and the remix went viral. The remix even shot to number one on the gospel Billboard charts and became the number one ringtone. He’s not the only one who benefit, however. According to DJ Suede, Caesar launched a line of aprons, saw an increase in album sales and even made television appearances.
“It’s kind of biting the hand that feeds you, but I don’t look for any handouts,” the DJ said. “I was happy to get her to another level in her life.”
“I look forward to meeting her, giving her a hug and thanking her for what she’s done,” the DJ said.
Shirley Caesar’s legal team saying that she and DJ Suede were in negotiations for the track but Suede backed out, however the producer/DJ says that they DID in fact come to an agreement. Suede says they agreed they’d split the sales profits down the middle, and he even agreed to make sure she got the lion’s share of the publishing. Suede says he believe’s it is Shirley Caesar’s legal team that got into her ear and this is not the work of the reverend.
“I look forward to meeting her, giving her a hug and thanking her for what she’s done,” the DJ said.
