Ne-Yo Said to Clash with Beyonce Knowles Over Royalties

Thu, 24 January 2008 03:37:01 ET

Ne-Yo Said to Clash with Beyonce Knowles Over Royalties
The friendship between Ne-Yo and Beyonce Knowles is likely to be on the rocks now, if the report proves legit.

Tidbit brought by MediaTakeOut.com claimed that the "So Sick" hit-maker is about to launch legal action against the former Destiny's Child member over royalties to her 2006 hit single "Irreplaceable."

Ne-Yo, real name Shaffer Smith, was known to help putting together the song for her "B'Day" album, organizing the vocal arrangement and the melody for free. This was done as part of an understanding that Knowles would return the favor on the follow-up to his "Because of You" LP.

However, the site has found out that the beauty apparently has refused to record a duet with her fellow R&B singer so that the latter is now considering a lawsuit in a bid to re-coup some of the money from the previous collaboration.

"It doesn't look like Beyonce's going to be working on the album... I know that he's consulted a lawyer over what to do about things," a source said to MediaTakeOut.com. "I'm not sure whether (Ne-Yo) will actually go through with a lawsuit. But I know he's furious about it. If she doesn't work on his album, I hope he does sue."