Brooke Hogan, singer, star of a reality show and daughter of wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan has been sued by local recording/production company Jam 2 Productions, run by the son of veteran producer Hugh ‘King Jammy’s’ James, a release from the company states.

“A lawsuit has been filed in Manhattan, USA against the Sobe Entertainment artiste for failing to compensate or credit Jam 2 Productions, members Jammy James (Jam 2) and Camar Doyles (Flavaunit) who were approached in 2006/2007 for production work on her sophomore album, The Redemption which was released in 2009,” the release said

According to Jam 2 business contact, Brian Hugh, Jam 2’s brother, Trevor James was affiliated to Hogan’s label, Sobe Entertainment and it was he who brought the two entities together.

“Sometime in 2006 Brooke Hogan and her reps from SoBe visited King Jammy’s studio in Waterhouse where a verbal agreement was made that Jam 2 would work on a project with Hogan for which they would be paid and would also get credit on the album, but none of that was done,” Hughes explained to the Observer via telephone.

According to the release, the production also included a 2001 song performed and written by Camar Doyles aka Flavaunit entitled Come On, Come, On.

“Brooke and Sobe used the song, but changed it up, adding her own lyrics, and changing the name of the song to Trust Me. Again, Brooke and Sobe said they’d pay and credit Jam 2 Productions, which to this day has not been forthcoming.

“Jam 2 Productions became alerted when the song Trust Me was deleted from their MySpace account claiming a Copyright Infringement. Jam 2 Productions immediately contacted their lawyer Jon Jekielek in New York who immediately issued two letters to SoBe Entertainment both of which returned unanswered. Mr Jekeilek was then instructed to take full action and on Monday August 2, 2010, a formal lawsuit was issued in court,” the Jam 2 release stated.

Hughes told the Observer that Jam 2 has all the relevant material to support their claim that the song is theirs, including the Pro Tools file.

“The Pro Tools file is an important pice of evidence and it tells the history of the recording project,” he explained. “The project was recorded overseas, but we have kept our files in order,” Hughes added.

Jam 2 is claiming US$200,000, including punitive damages for failure to pay and credit Jam 2 Productions on the musical composition, melody and lyrics of the song Trust Me which is performed by Brooke Hogan on the album The Redemption.

Hughes admitted that while it was not the norm for producers to work on project without an advance, there are cases when “agreements are worked out”. — Yasmine Peru