Chad Hugo Accuses Pharrell Williams of Fraud

Four years ago pop star Kelis gave a candid interview where she explained how The Neptunes music producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo tricked her out of the publishing for her first two albums [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Chad is accusing Pharrell of trying to trademark The Neptunes name behind his back...

From TMZ

Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo sold millions of records together as The Neptunes but the two Virginia-made hitmakers are currently entangled in a legal war over use of the group's name.

Recently uncovered court docs show Chad opposing a trademark filing of Pharrell's company PW IP Holdings to lock up the rights to "The Neptunes" for music videos and other downloadable entertainment.

Pharrell's reps told Billboard he was simply going out of his way to ensure no outsiders got hold of the Neptunes' name, but Hugo’s attorney Kenneth D. Freundlich went as far as to declare Pharrell committed fraud by leaving his client's name off the filing ... without any input from Chad.

Pharrell's team also claimed they reached out to Chad on multiple occasions with no response ... it's clear these dudes aren't really speaking to each other anymore.