[15][16] In 2003, Travis Meeks, the lead singer of the group slammed the publicist for making unauthorized and premature disclosures, which the musician felt "actually damaged his chances" to advance his career with Guns N' Roses.

[20][21] In 2012, Hay was part of a guardianship case involving teen actress Ariel Winter, a star on the TV series Modern Family, and her mother, Chrisoula "Crystal" Workman.

[22] Workman sent a cease and desist to Hay in which he responded to TMZ, "I feel terrible that a 14-year-old child has to suffer the consequences of her own mother's unfortunate decisions.

"[23] Hay testified in court and signed a declaration for Ariel Winter in favor of her staying with her sister Shanelle Workman Gray.

[25][26] Hay spoke out in Rolling Stone on March 24, 2016 (Issue 1257) to publicly support Kesha during her sexual assault lawsuit against Dr.

[29] Hay told The Sun that his frequent collaborator Cyhi The Prynce wrote the lyrics to "Famous", the song that caused the public battle between Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.

[32] He told People Magazine "I've seen the text messages and they do exist" in reference to conversations purportedly from Drake, urging Brussaux to undergo an abortion.

[47] In 2015, Becoming Beyoncé: The Untold Story by J. Randy Taraborrelli, an author on The New York Times Best Seller list was released, and it revealed the love scandal as a "desperate, publicity stunt" by Hay.

In July 2024, Trap Lore Ross released the documentary The Disturbing Death of Jay-Z's 'Mistress' that was streamed by DJ Akademiks on his show.

Hay was mentioned in the doc, so he spoke out on his Instagram and in an interview with AllHipHop through journalist Kyle Eustice:[43] "I started to get desperate and I was so angry at Jay-Z as he was more focused on Teairra Marí and there was all this talk that he was pursuing a rapper named Lady Sovereign, who he ended up signing months later.

Not to mention, Jay-Z was constantly dissing Amil, who had quit the music industry and was living in North Carolina at the time raising her children.

"Jonathan Hay did interviews on YouTube with Jaguar Wright and Tisa Tells addressing the marketing tactics behind "Pon de Replay".

[59] Hay was a music producer on the TV show "One Shot" with T.I., RZA, DJ Khaled, Tech N9ne, Sway Calloway and others.

[61] WAVE (TV) reported that Hay abruptly left during filming of "One Shot" to focus on reuniting with his birth parents.

[65] Hay produced "Don't Close Your Eyes (Ashamed)", a song about suicide and alcohol abuse as a tribute to the late Keith Whitley released on what would have been his 60th birthday.

[70] In the diss track, Jonathan replays the notes from Bambaataa's song "Planet Rock" while Savage speaks out about child molestation.

& Rakim talked about their jazz rendition of "Follow the Leader" and were quoted as saying: "I couldn't have done a better job myself and I created the original album (laughs).

[102] Rolling Stone published Hay's statement to Perez Hilton about the song:[103] "Our reimagination of ‘Big Poppa’ is laced with style and grace.

Dedicated to all the honeys getting money and the ravers dancing to the sounds from house gods like Martinez Brothers and Carl Cox, our aim was to create music that makes you wanna move and honor BIG’s legacy.

"Hay released a house music remake of "Hit 'Em Up" featuring Tupac Shakur, activist Daniella Carter and Fat Beats Records.

[106] Hay co-produced Nirvana Reimagined as House and Techno a charity album for LGBTQ+, mental health and suicide awareness.

[107][108] The album has collaborations with Fishbone bassist John Norwood Fisher, trumpeter Maurice "Mobetta" Brown, Pink Floyd saxophonist Scott Page, J Patt of the Knocks and drummer Andy Kravitz.

[109][110] A writer for the Grammys stated:[110] "And while a fair amount of tomb-raiding has occurred on Kurt Cobain's behalf—Nirvana Reimagined is one of a few tributes that align with his principles.

Back in 2014, the surviving members of the band played at St. Vitus in Brooklyn with a succession of female lead singers, from Joan Jett to St. Vincent—which Cobain, an ardent feminist, arguably would have loved.

"On April 20, 2017, Jonathan Hay was a victim in a home invasion where he was held at gunpoint as reported by the New York Daily News.

[112] WHAS-TV and WAVE (TV) reported that St. Matthews Police arrested Michael Brooks and Louis Simmons Jr. and they were charged with first degree robbery, two counts of kidnapping, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, receiving stolen property, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts fraudulent use of a credit card.

[117][118] Netflix star Joe Exotic announced on X (previously named Twitter) that he was an executive producer of Hay's docuseries.

[120][121] Taste of Country announced that Hay is an executive producer for Joe Exotic's album containing recordings from federal prison.