{"id":8417,"date":"2026-01-30T02:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/singer-charlie-puth-wiz-khalifa-see-you-again-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T02:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:52:24","slug":"singer-charlie-puth-wiz-khalifa-see-you-again-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/singer-charlie-puth-wiz-khalifa-see-you-again-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer on Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth\u2019s \u2018Furious 7\u2019 Smash \u2018See You Again\u2019 Sues Over\u00a0Royalties"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tA backing vocalist on Wiz Khalifa <\/a>and Charlie Puth<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping Furious 7 <\/em>soundtrack hit \u201cSee You Again\u201d is suing Warner Music Group (WMG) and NBCUniversal, alleging he was \u201ccheated out of royalty payments and downstream compensation\u201d for years.<\/p>\n

\n\tJake Broido claims in a Thursday (Jan. 29) federal court lawsuit that he provided the so-called gang vocals on \u201cSee You Again,\u201d which scored Paul Walker\u2019s famous final scene in 2015\u2019s Furious 7 <\/em>and reigned atop<\/a> the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks. But he alleges WMG and NBCUniversal misclassified his contributions on the song\u2019s registration paperwork, ultimately depriving him of royalties and licensing fees.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cIt is, of course, not surprising that Broido\u2019s efforts to get paid have been, for a decade, obfuscated and obstructed by Warner,\u201d reads the complaint. \u201cThat is the long history of the music industry; to make executives rich at the expense of artists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBroido alleges he was working as an administrative staffer at WMG in early 2015 when Puth approached him asking if he could sing gang vocals, a recording technique where voices are layered to sound like crowd noise. Broido, who had been studying gang vocals for years, says he happily went into the studio with Puth and sang what would ultimately become part of \u201cSee You Again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSession vocalists like Broido are supposed to collect royalties through the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund. But Broido\u2019s name didn\u2019t make it onto the \u201cSee You Again\u201d AFM Fund registration paperwork; instead, the files merely listed \u201cthree A&R staffers\u201d as background singers.<\/p>\n

\n\tBroido alleges that WMG, whose subsidiary Atlantic Records released the Furious 7 <\/em>soundtrack, deliberately doctored the AFM Fund paperwork because it hadn\u2019t secured a critical work-for-hire agreement from him. According to the lawsuit, WMG wanted to hide this \u201cembarrassing failure\u201d from its studio partners at NBCUniversal.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe result, alleges Broido, is that he wasn\u2019t paid crucial royalties that should have been distributed to him by the AFM Fund. He says WMG also misclassified \u201cSee You Again\u201d as \u201cnon-theatrical\u201d on the registration paperwork, which deprived him of the chance to participate in lucrative licensing negotiations.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWarner Music made misleading statements, partial royalty payments and assurances to Broido that it was pursuing an investigation, including that it would \u2018look into this\u2019 and that it would \u2018follow up,\u2019 only for Warner Music to ultimately \u2018ghost\u2019 Broido,\u201d reads the complaint. \u201cIn reality, Warner Music\u2019s assurances were merely a scheme to conceal facts from Broido in an attempt to \u2018wait out the clock.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBroido is now suing WMG and NBCUniversal for breach of contract, fraud and conspiracy. The lawsuit also levels breach of fiduciary duty claims against the AFM Fund, alleging it was \u201casleep at the switch\u201d and made \u201cabsurd and negligent decisions that allowed Warner Music and NBCUniversal to cheat Broido.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe background singer is seeking unspecified financial damages through the litigation, as well as a declaration that he is a co-owner of the \u201cSee You Again\u201d copyrights.<\/p>\n

\n\tReps for WMG, NBCUniversal and the AFM Fund did not immediately return requests for comment on Thursday. Khalifa and Puth are not facing any legal claims in the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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