While Willonius created the original using AI, he did write the lyrics, so he’s been given credit and payment for his sample on “U My Everything.” Woodard added, “We are focused on the human portion that we can control. You only need to clear the human side of it, which is the publishing.”
But does Metro deserve credit? His lawyer, Uwonda Carter, told Billboard no, that Metro doesn’t want ownership or royalties from “U My Everything.”
She had a conversation with Metro, his manager, and his label, Republic Records, about how to navigate a proper release of “BBL Drizzy,” but chose not to pursue it because they didn’t know how clearance would have worked with AI. “Metro decided that he wasn’t going to exploit the record because trying to clear it was going to be the Wild, Wild West,” she added.
“U My Everything” appears on Sexyy Red’s new album, In Sexyy We Trust.
