Erica Campbell's label says its distributor never sent a single royalty statement in three years
My Block, the label run by producer Warryn Campbell, is suing SRG/ILS Group for breach of contract over a 2021 to 2024 distribution deal, seven months after Kenny Lattimore sued the same distributor.
My Block Inc., the gospel label founded by producer Warryn Campbell and home to his wife Erica Campbell's solo records, has sued its former distributor, SRG/ILS Group, alleging that in three years under a distribution agreement it never received a royalty statement.
The complaint
The suit was filed on Thursday, September 17, 2026 and first reported by Billboard. According to that report and Digital Music News, My Block distributed through SRG from 2021 to 2024. Three albums released in that window, Brand New, Four Walls and Erica Campbell's 2023 album I Love You, are said in the complaint to have earned more than 113 million streams between 2022 and 2024 and more than $1 million in sales. I Love You sent the single "Feel Alright (Blessed)" to No. 1 on Billboard's Gospel Airplay chart.
The complaint alleges that SRG has not provided a single royalty statement to the label in that time. It pleads breach of contract and seeks more than $1 million in damages.
The distributor
SRG/ILS Group distributes independent labels in partnership with Virgin Music, the Universal Music Group services company. SRG announced My Block's arrival on its roster in a post on its own site, which is in the sources below.
SRG had not responded publicly to the My Block complaint in the reports NVR.news reviewed. The company may reach the editor at the address on the masthead, and any reply will be added here.
The Lattimore case
This is the second suit of its kind against SRG this year. On February 18, 2026 the R&B singer Kenny Lattimore sued the distributor over his 2021 album Here to Stay, which produced the No. 1 R&B single "Take a Dose." Lattimore says he received one royalty check, for $4,400, for an album he estimates should have earned him more than $100,000, and his filing alleges that SRG "deliberately and systematically obstructed the audit process by refusing to produce essential source documentation." SRG has denied wrongdoing in that case and is contesting it; discovery is under way, according to Digital Music News.
The two complaints make different allegations, one about statements that never came and one about an audit that was obstructed, and neither has been decided. Both are allegations until a court says otherwise.
Why it matters below the fame line
A distribution agreement is only as good as the statement that comes with it. An artist who never receives one cannot tell an accounting error from a decision, and cannot audit what has not been reported. The two suits against one distributor, filed seven months apart by artists with charting records, describe the situation many independent artists are in with no chart position and no lawyer.
NVR.news is published by the company behind SNVRKOTICS, which sells royalty-statement software to independent artists and labels. It has no relationship with any party to these cases that the editor is aware of.
Sources
- Billboard, September 17, 2026: Erica Campbell's label brings lawsuit over gospel music royalties
- Digital Music News, September 17, 2026: SRG embroiled in new legal battle with Erica Campbell
- SRG/ILS Group: The SRG/ILS Group welcomes Warryn Campbell's My Block Records
- Billboard: Kenny Lattimore files lawsuit over unpaid royalties from latest album
- Digital Music News, February 18, 2026: Kenny Lattimore says he wasn't paid a dime on his last album
- Kenny Lattimore, Facebook: SRG owes me over $100,000 in royalties
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