Marc Mysterio Calls on Taylor Swift to Pull Catalog From Amazon Music Over Unpaid Streams, Shadow-Ban Controversy

NEW YORK, April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Billboard-charting artist Marc Mysterio today issued a public call to Taylor Swift, urging the global superstar to withdraw her entire music catalog from Amazon Music until the platform addresses what he alleges is a deliberate campaign of unpaid royalties and digital suppression. Mysterio, currently suing Amazon Music and DistroKid in federal court (Case No. 1:25-cv-01705), claims hes owed millions for over 80 million streamsnearly 4 million of which came from Swifts own Amazon Music artist stationwhile facing an ongoing shadow-ban that has severed his 1.25 million fans from his work.

Mysterios appeal hinges on a personal connection: their mutual friend, WWE Hall of Fame wrestler Jeff Jarrett. Swift, who babysat for Jarretts family during her early Nashville days, once shared a close-knit community with Mysterio, whose music rang out millions of times on her station. Now, hes asking her to leverage her pro-artist legacyhighlighted by her funding of Keshas legal battle against Sony Music and Dr. Luketo stand with him against Amazons alleged exploitation.

Taylor Swift has always fought for artists to get whats theirsshe helped Kesha take on Sony, and shes threatened to yank her catalog from streamers over unfair pay, Mysterio said in a statement. Now, her name, image, and likeness are being used on Amazon Musics Taylor Swift Station to unjustly enrich a company thats stiffed me on 80 million streams, including 3.7 million from her own fans. Shed be distraught to know this, and Im asking her to pull her music until Amazon pays me, lifts this shadow-ban, and lets justice play out.

Mysterios demands are threefold:

1. Full payment for all streaming activity tied to his ASIN B0041A1P4U, including the nearly 4 million streams from Swifts station, which plummeted to zero alongside his own stations 225,463 plays after an alleged IF/THEN filter hit on September 10, 2024.
2. Immediate removal of the shadow-ban, which he claims Amazon partially acknowledged by restoring his Related Artists section in March 2025after his lawsuitbut left in place elsewhere, costing him chart positions and fan access.
3. A direct line of communication, asking Swift to obtain his personal email from Jarrett to arrange a phone call or meeting to discuss the crisis and rally support.
   

The artist, known for collaborations with Flo Rida, Samantha Fox, and Crash Test Dummies, points to Swifts history of pulling her music from Spotify in 2014 over royalty disputes as precedent.

Taylors a titan because she stands up, he said.

Amazons using her station to profit while Im ghosted80 million streams, millions in losses, and they wont even fix it. She can get Jeff Jarrett to give her my email. Lets talk, Taylorthis is our fight.

Mysterios legal team, led by Michael H. Joseph, served Amazon with a 17-category preservation letter on April 8, 2025, demanding metadata, snapshots, and logs tied to his ASIN.

He alleges Amazons refusal to pay and partial fixrestoring only Related Artists after his February 27 filingprove intent to suppress, whereas Amazon could have simultaneously removed the shadow-ban, but did not.

Theyve got the data to pay me and lift the ban, he added. If Taylor pulls out, theyll feel the heat, Mysterio concludes.

Swift, whose catalog drives billions of streams, has not yet responded. Jarrett could not be reached for comment.

Contact:
Michael H. Joseph, Esq.
Law Office of Michael H. Joseph, PLLC
mj@newyorktriallawyers.com
(212) 858-0503

About Marc Mysterio:
Marc Mysterio is an Irish-Canadian artist, Billboard-charting producer, and boxer with over a decade of hits and a potential IBA Super Cruiserweight Intercontinental title fight against Jake Paul. His lawsuit against Amazon Music and DistroKid seeks millions in damages for unpaid royalties and shadow-ban losses.

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