Dancehall veteran Cutty Ranks has followed through on his threat to defend his publishing for his integral role in El Chombo’s monster hit, Dame Tu Cosita, instructing his lawyers to file a US$3 million lawsuit in the United States.

The Bomber is suing Ultra Music Publishing Europe AG, according to legal documents obtained by DancehallMag who broke the story on Thursday.

Ultra Music Publishing rebranded as Payday Publishing last year after losing a trademark dispute with Sony, the parent company of Ultra Records.

The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday, March 25. Cutty Ranks, whose real name is Philip Thomas, is being represented by Georgia attorney Catherine Gibson.

Dame Tu Cosita, which translates as “give me your little thing”, was first written and recorded by El Chombo and Cutty Ranks in 1997. It surged back into the spotlight in 2018 after a viral video featuring a dancing green alien took off online. Later that year, a remix featuring Pitbull and Karol G added more fuel.