Producer Micah Otano claims he was
deprived of credit for work on Ocean's hit "Lost," which was featured
on his Grammy-winning album channel Orange
Otano citeds breach of contract,
fraud in the inducement, rescission and restitution, copyright infringement and
declaratory relief in his suit against Ocean.
He insists he co-created the song
upon which "Lost" is based and "solely performed the lead
synthesizer parts on ‘Daylight' as well as piano and other parts."
The
lawsuit further states that in joint ownership of the track, Otano and producer
Malay (also named in the suit) agreed on co-producer credit for it.
Unfortunately, Otano says
"Malay did just that, stealing Otano's performances, passing them off as
his own, and using them on the Frank Ocean song."
Def Jam and Universal Music Group
are also named in the lawsuit against Frank Ocean, one of the breakout hip-hop stars of
2012 and 2013.
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