“Drunk In Love” Producer Detail Is Accused Of Raping & Assaulting Two Female Singers

Music producer Detail (born Noel Fisher) has been accused of rape and assault by two female singers who he worked with under the guise of advancing their music careers. The women filed separate applications for restraining orders which were granted by a judge on Tuesday. According to court documents obtained by BuzzFeed, one of the women alleged that Fisher raped her in Miami in February. Many of the details in the second woman’s report match with the first woman’s filing. Fisher has been ordered to stay away from both women until a hearing later this month.

“I was trying to leave and he held me down and I couldn’t get away and he raped me,” the first woman wrote about the alleged February rape. She further claimed that Fisher forced her to have sex after recording sessions on multiple occasions. The second woman said Fisher raped her and once forced her to videotape him having sex with the first woman.

Echoing allegations of R. Kelly recruiting young women for a “sexual cult” under the pretense of advancing their music careers, both women accuse Fisher of controlling their lives by monitoring what they ate, where they slept, and where they showered. They also allege Fisher committed physical acts of violence such as choking them, pulling their hair, and slamming them against the wall or ground, adding that he would threaten to ruin their chances of a music career if they left.

Fisher has produced and/or co-written hits for prominent artists like Beyoncé (“Drunk in Love”), Nicki Minaj (“Lookin Ass”), Drake (“Worst Behavior”), Lil Wayne (“How to Love”), Jennifer Lopez (“I Luh Ya Papi”), and Miguel (“Pineapple Skies”).

On Thursday, pop singer Bebe Rexha wrote on Twitter that Fisher “tried to do the same thing” when she was a new artist but she ran out of the studio:

Toronto singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez also shared her own experience with Fisher. She revealed that her 2017 song “Gatekeeper” is written about an incident which took place six years ago. “Yes, this is who ‘Gatekeeper’ is about,” she wrote on Instagram. “My experience didn’t get this awful. I hope these women find justice.”

Following Reyez' tweet, Rexha expressed her support in an Instagram post which was noticed by R&B singer Tinashe. In the comments, Tinashe said she also left a recording session with Fisher:

The only session I’ve been in to this day where I left due to being soooo uncomfortable. Glad he’s being exposed for the fucking creep he is. Disgusting.

“Gatekeeper” is produced by William Larsen and comes from Reyez’s debut EP Kiddo. It was released alongside a short film entitled Gatekeeper: A True Story purportedly sharing the true story of that night.

Reyez broke down how the lyrics relate to her experience in a series of verified annotations on Genius.

In the “Gatekeeper” short film, a producer chastises Reyez, telling her she ruined her chances at a career by denying his advances—which lines up with claims both of Fisher’s accusers have made.

Reyez' lyric and annotation about “gold on my dick” seem to mimic another claim both of Fisher’s accusers made: Fisher would pull his penis out in front of them and make them kiss it.

On the first verse, Reyez explains the title and concept of the song by paraphrasing the producer’s reaction in the film when she turns him down:

The experiences with Fisher described by Reyez and the other four women may help explain the vast gender disparity in the music industry detailed in a recent study conducted by the Annenberg School of Journalism at the University of Southern California. In 2017, only 16.8 percent of artists, 11.4 percent of songwriters, and 1.8 of producers on the Hot 100 were women. As a result, men are in the position of power as gatekeepers in the industry.

Genius previously broke down whether or not hip-hop would have its #MeToo moment: