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The label Rham Records denies his allegations.</div> <div class="content-header__row content-header__byline"> <div class="content-header__byline__content"> <div data-testid="BylinesWrapper" class="sc-pNWdM sc-bA-DTon lfZoIg bylines content-header__bylines"> <p class="sc-hndLF dawSET byline bylines__byline" data-testid="BylineWrapper" itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span class="sc-pNWdM sc-jrsJWt sc-kJNqyW lfZoIg fHIzjW hEkfZd byline__preamble">By </span><span itemprop="name" class="sc-kGVuwA kyEhLJ"><span data-testid="BylineName" class="sc-geBCVM bgbHFy byline__name"><a class="sc-pNWdM sc-jrsJWt sc-kEqXSa sc-clGGWX lfZoIg gYGlbT fxZIuB egVioN byline__name-link button" href="https://pitchfork.com/staff/evan-minsker/">Evan Minske<span class="sc-ciOKUB itWoQV link__last-letter-spacing">r</span></a></span></span></p> </div> <p><time class="content-header__publish-date" data-testid="ContentHeaderPublishDate">June 23, 2021</time> </div> </div> <div class="social-icons 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finance a legal fight over unpaid royalties, <a class="external-link" data-event-click='{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://djmag.com/news/guy-called-gerald-launches-crowdfunder-voodoo-ray-royalties-legal-dispute"}' href="https://djmag.com/news/guy-called-gerald-launches-crowdfunder-voodoo-ray-royalties-legal-dispute" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>DJ Mag</em> reports</a>. Gerald claims that he was never paid royalties for his 1988 hit single “Voodoo Ray” or his 1989 album <em>Hot Lemonade</em> by Rham Records. </p> <p>“As ‘Voodoo Ray’ raced to No. 12 in the charts, I had to live in a squat, work at McDonalds and give interviews out of phone boxes,” Simpson wrote on the Crowdfunder page. “Yet the guys running the label, selling my music, never paid me a single penny for my part in the label’s success.” He continued: “Can you imagine the frustration? Acid House’s Summer of Love was in full swing and all I could think about was survival, while these guys spent the next four years exploiting my music. They ditched the label in 1992 and everything went quiet until 2019 when the nightmare started up again.”</p> <p>Rham Records has denied Gerald’s claims in a <a class="external-link" data-event-click='{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=317318543295183&id=112165103810529"}' href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=317318543295183&id=112165103810529" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">social media post</a> on May 21. “We are aware of a recent social media post by Gerald Simpson regarding payment of royalties,” the label wrote. “We refute the allegations made in his statement, and his recollection of events. We have repeatedly attempted to communicate with Gerald and his business manager, in order to pay royalties due to him but he has not so far acknowledged us. If Gerald would like to contact us we will be happy to send any money currently due to him immediately.”</p> <figure data-testid="IframeEmbed" class="sc-pNWdM sc-lfesFf lfZoIg iPAXWm iframe-embed"> <div data-testid="IframeEmbedContainer" class="sc-pNWdM sc-bcuVfI lfZoIg dxzCIw"> <div class="sc-pNWdM sc-hGjceG lfZoIg noQDb"> <div data-testid="IframeEmbedContentPlaceholder" class="sc-eBqlGh cNRQml IframeEmbedContent" style="height:300px"></div> <p><noscript><iframe class="sc-eBqlGh cNRQml IframeEmbedContent" height="300px" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin" title="Embedded Frame" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j7vxHOCeiQ4"></iframe></noscript> </div> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="grid--item grid-layout__aside"> <div class="sc-eVedaM kaxihg sticky-box"> <div class="sc-gBsxbr dxFZky sticky-box__primary"> <div class="sc-gtsrHT juhBur ad ad--rail"> <div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-node-id="bmw5q"></div> </div> <div class="sc-iCoGMd eilRWe consumer-marketing-unit consumer-marketing-unit--display-rail" role="presentation" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="consumer-marketing-unit__slot consumer-marketing-unit__slot--display-rail"></div> <div class="journey-unit"></div> </div> <div data-attr-viewport-monitor="" class="recirc-most-popular-wrapper viewport-monitor-anchor"></div> </div> <div class="sc-hxyAeK hIpCju"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid grid-margins grid-items-2 grid-layout--adrail narrow wide-adrail"> <div class="grid--item body body__inline-barrier article__body grid-layout__content"> <div class="container container--body"> <div class="container--body-inner"> <aside class="paywall-inline-barrier"> <div class="sc-iCoGMd eilRWe paywall-inline-barrier__consumer-marketing-unit consumer-marketing-unit consumer-marketing-unit--paywall-inline-barrier" role="presentation" aria-hidden="true" aria-live="polite"> <div class="consumer-marketing-unit__slot consumer-marketing-unit__slot--paywall-inline-barrier"></div> <div class="journey-unit"></div> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/entertainment/2021/06/24/a-guy-called-gerald-raising-funds-for-legal-battle-over-royalties-dispute/">A Guy Called Gerald Raising Funds for Legal Battle Over Royalties Dispute</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/entertainment">Patabook Entertainment</a>.</p>
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