Sexyy Red says Tay Keith never wanted her sued in emotional letter to judge

Sexyy Red has revealed she personally wrote to a judge asking to be removed from a lawsuit filed by late producer Tay Keith over unpaid music royalties.

According to a letter obtained by TMZ, the rapper addressed the court on June 6, 2026, just days before Tay Keith’s death, after discovering she had been named as a defendant in the legal dispute.

In the letter, Sexyy Red said she was shocked by the allegations and maintained that artists are not responsible for paying producers directly.

“I am appalled and furthermore hurt by the allegations made,” she wrote.

The rapper explained that royalty payments are handled by record labels rather than performers.

“I am an artist who is not allowed to pay producers,” she wrote, adding that all financial matters are managed by her label.

Sexyy Red also described Tay Keith as both a close collaborator and a friend, expressing confidence that he would eventually receive any money owed to him.

“Tay Keith and I are great working partners and even greater friends,” she wrote. “If the label owes him money, I’m sure they have started the process to get him paid.”

She noted that she, too, was still waiting to receive payments for songs she had recorded with the producer.

“There are several songs that Tay Keith and I have worked on together that I haven’t received payment for yet. It’s just a process the label uses in making payments after all the monies are recouped,” she explained.

According to the letter, Tay Keith had also told her he did not understand why she had been included as a defendant in the lawsuit.

Sexyy Red asked the judge to remove her name from the case.

Tay Keith’s lawsuit alleged that he produced 13 songs for the rapper in 2024 but had not been paid for his work.

However, representatives for both the producer and the record label have since indicated that the dispute was never intended to target Sexyy Red personally.

A spokesperson for Tay Keith said naming the rapper in the lawsuit was simply a legal formality and that the dispute was between the parties’ respective record labels.

The label’s attorney, Dameka Davis, also told TMZ that royalty negotiations are handled by labels rather than artists and said efforts were already underway to resolve the payment issues before Tay Keith’s death.

The lawsuit remains ongoing as the parties continue to work toward resolving the royalty dispute.