MC Money & Gangsta Gold Sue DJ Sound — Memphis $500K+ Phonk Royalties Suit
MC Money & Gangsta Gold sue DJ Sound (Carlos Duan Perry) in Memphis federal court over ALLEGED phonk-era royalties on Da Hard Ov Frayser. Demand $500K+ and full accounting. AHH Oct 1 + Commercial Appeal Sep 30. Filing CONFIRMED; ownership claims ALLEGED.
MC Money and Gangsta Gold took their Memphis catalog fight to federal court. Christy Coran (Gangsta Gold) and Latonya Pierce (MC Money) sued producer Carlos Duan Perry — better known as DJ Sound — over ALLEGED unpaid phonk-era royalties tied to their 1995 cassette album Da Hard Ov Frayser.
AllHipHop exclusive (Grouchy Greg Watkins, Oct 1 2026 ~3:01 PM CT) and the Memphis Commercial Appeal (Lucas Finton, Sep 30 2026) both report the filing. The women say they helped create the music, then Perry ALLEGEDLY licensed and reissued the material — including into the global phonk sample wave — without a full accounting. The complaint seeks at least $500,000 plus a complete books open. Perry has not responded in court.
One ALLEGED 2024 deal sits at the center: a clearance package covering sample uses for LXST CXNTURY and RHODAMINE that the suit says included a $100,000 master-use fee and a 50% publishing stake the duo was not shown. The filing also cites MC ORSEN's "Warning" (sampling "Glock-Tight Smoked-Out") and its sped/slowed versions — claimed over one billion streams worldwide. Partial payments totaling roughly $13.6K–$13.8K apiece are acknowledged; the women say those checks came without deal-by-deal math.
MC Money and Gangsta Gold came out of North Memphis' Frayser Click, the DJ Sound-led collective that also included a young Yo Gotti (then Lil Yo). Da Hard Ov Frayser was reissued on vinyl in 2024 by Now-Again Records — another piece of the dispute, with the women saying the reissue used their names and likenesses without approval while listing the license under DJ Sound.
Ownership and royalty shortfall claims remain ALLEGED. The federal lawsuit filing is CONFIRMED. Searchable names: MC Money, Gangsta Gold, DJ Sound, Carlos Duan Perry, Memphis, Da Hard Ov Frayser, Frayser Click, phonk, Now-Again, LXST CXNTURY, RHODAMINE, MC ORSEN.