Shaboozey is suing the music publisher as he tries to get out of the publishing deal

Country rising star Shaboozey is suing Warner Chappell, claiming the major music publisher is delaying his efforts to buy himself out of his contract amid the success of his smash hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy).

In the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Friday and obtained by Rolling StoneShaboozey claims he tried to work a clause into the management agreement that would have allowed him to pay 110 percent of his uncollectible balances so he could get out of the deal early. Such a move would be highly beneficial and lucrative given how popular “Tipsy” has become.

The singer's representatives sent a letter to Warner-Tamerlane (a subsidiary of Warner Chappell) last month regarding the deal and asked for a balance on the amount owed, but the publisher did not cooperate, the lawsuit said. “To date, Warner has refused to disclose to plaintiff the total amount of the unrecovered balance for past advances in violation of the Management Agreement,” the lawsuit said.

Also named as a defendant in the case is a music label called Kreshendo, Shaboozey's original record label and publisher. The singer claimed that Kreshendo instructed Warner not to give him the information about the unrecovered balance.

Shaboozey sued both Warner and Kreshendo for breach of contract. Warner did not immediately respond Rolling Stonehis request for comment. No contact could be found for Kreshendo.

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is one of the biggest songs of the year and a strong contender for song of the summer. With 643 million streams on Spotify to date, it's also been a streaming and radio disaster. It spent the last five weeks at the top of Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

“The true feeling of making 'your dreams come true' is indescribable and I hope everyone experiences it at some point in their lives,” Shaboozey wrote to X when the song first topped the chart.