Frank Ocean Sues Producer Over Claims That He Helped Write 11 Songs On Ocean’s Album “Blonde”

Frank Ocean has slapped his former producer with a lawsuit over claims that he helped write some of Ocean’s songs from his “Blonde” album. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

In documents obtained by TMZ, Ocean says he hired Om’Mas Keith back in 2014 to produce master recordings for the project. At the time, according to Ocean, Keith was paid a flat fee for the master recordings, but he, in no way, helped write the songs.

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On the other hand though, Keith, who registered with ASCAP, claimed he helped write 11 songs from the project, including “Pink + White,” and “Ivy.” Now, Ocean is firing back.

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Ocean says Keith did not write the lyrics, melody or music on the “Blonde” project, and now he wants a judge to block Keith from getting any songwriting credits for his project.

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