Williams, who was recently arrested after police found a pound of marijuana in his tour bus, is being sued by various music publishing companies for breach of contract and copyright infringement for sampling other artists songs without permission and failing to fully pay for royalties.
According to the Associated Press, Cash Money Records founders, Bryan 'Birdman' Williams and his brother Ronald Williams, allegedly released various albums including projects by Birdman and Lil Wayne, containing copyrighted material that was used without licensing agreements.
In other news…
The suit also states that Cash Money Records only made a single payment of $400,000 but have failed to provide the publishing companies with “appropriate accounting” showing how much more money they owe.
The suit did not name any of the copyrighted songs
COMMENTS
cool?
well this story is lame cuz theyll just end up paying off what they owe before it gets serious
i agreed with production
Cass Is My Top 3 Right Now And He Can Lyrically Kill Wayne In A Battle But Cass Cant Touch Wayne In Makin Hot Tracks Im Sorry
comments like this is the reason y lil wayne haters irratate me.
never heard wayne battle, he prolly would get his head bust, cass a pro
eh, fif and g-unit are getting wacker by the minute in my opinion.. but i can say this... this would never happen to 50, he is too good at business.. baby need to fix this fast before it turn serious, which im sure he will.
how can you compare some weak rappers like cass and 50 and common to a nigga like wayne yall trippin reed dollaz can kill cass and those other weak philly rappers besides gille that niggas hot and real
and o ya T.I = studio gangstaaaaaa
i fuck wit production fo dat...cass numba 1 tho brah..but wayne no how to put a song wea it need ta b..but niggaz aint fuckin wit no cass...but wayne wont always like dis..he usin his voice to his advantage n i can respect that
how is Common weak?
i agreed with production
lil wayne have dope punchlines and the right flow and his versatile
watch out for G-Unit album in stores, this feb.
Banks,Buck, do it waithout crack. Am sniff.
man wats up wit dis nigga and paying ppl! he got all this money but cant pay up for a sample clearance?
lmao...nigga i finally find sum1 who c's what i'm c'n lmao....nigga weezy braggin bout he a billionaire mannn dat nigga aint got shit cause if dat nigga had money he wouldnt hesitate to pay up!
Plus we all kno hes not makin money from his guest appearances on songz since he claims he doesn't get paid to rap lol
DCintheSouth he makes nufff money off all the guest apperences he makes from 50-150 thousand. its 150 if its a single and u make a video and 50 if its like a mixtape thing. i watched a video off him explain dat nigga is worth bout 100 000 000 so he got dat its baby dat nigga greddy
Boss!
he need to leave his daddy that nigga holdin him back lol but he still wouldnt be the best rapper alive to me nigga aint really do notin to be called that
the effort he puts on
birdman look like neyo in that pic..hahaha
pay up nigga damn smh
deee-troit
HAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHA@ HIM LOOKIN LIKE NEYO IN THE PIC..THATS FUNNY AS HELLLL HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
NEYO!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! word.
only when he wear that kind of hat tho ....lol lol but he does..hahaha/
when i first seen it i thought it was about to say CASHMONEY signs NEYO.....LOL
wow Birdman, ca$hmoney is going to end up like deathrow
WAYNE STILL OWES FOR HIS JEWELRY. DID YA'LL FORGET ABOUT THAT. THE JEWELRY STOR OWNER SAYS WAYNE OWS ABOUT $250.000
AND WAYNE DONT HAVE SHIT. BABY GIVES WAYNE ALL HIS OLD CARS THAT HE IS TIRED OF. BABY AND HIS BROTHER IS MAKING ALL THE CAKE OVER THERE. AND I DO THINK THAT WAYNE CAN DO A LOT BETTER OWN HIS OWN AND MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY.BABY HOLDS EVERY ONE ON HIS LABEL BACK. WIAT A MINUTE WAYNE IS THE ONLY PERSON ON THAT LABEL.
lol u right nigga i think wanye is the only one on the label and nigga deathrow did alot better befor thay die off
is brisco then not on the label???
and mack maine
Mack Maine is on Wayne's Young Money label. Sadly, I haven't seen an album drop from that label yet but an artist already has. Baby ain't paying nobody enough to do anything. That's prolly why Wayne does so many features and mixtapes, to keep a lil' money in his pocket. He hasn't even been able to put an album out himself, let alone support another artist. All the talent in the world and he's got a crook rakin' all the dough. Baby is like the guy who ran the 5 Heartbeats label, Big Red. Matter of fact, doesen't he claim to be a Blood?
Lil wayne is garbage.
Mo Money Mo Problems! Na but 4 real though u never even know if this kinda shit is true... Knowing Baby I'm sure it is...
this nigga can't pay bacl shit. but wayne can't b dat rich he ain't even on da forbes top list
brown paper bag money...j/k but that was for 2006, he brought in a ton with concerts and features in 2007
this ol news lol...baby always been accused of not payin doods...he wack ne way...
wayne is the most overrated rapper EVER, yeah dude can spit, but come on, its all the same recycled shit all the time just in different forms, he is not and will never be the best rapper alive. Talib Kweli is all i gotta say
i agreed up to the part u said talib kweli
baby is money hungry. the reason y most people left cash money was because he didnt give them all their money. i think the reason why lil wayne didnt leave was because he was young and didnt earn a name yet, so no other label would probably sign him
Most hated cats for no reason...
1) Lil' Wayne
2) Souljah Boy
3) 50 Cent
4) Jay-Z
Honorable mention: Tie/Hurricane Chris & Mike Jones
Why??? These are the cats you should hate...
1) Tony Yayo
2) Rick Ross
3) Prodigy
4) Ma$E
Honorable Mention: Jim Jones
The reason I made this list is because even though this article ain't about Wayne, over 1/2 the comments are dissing him. Wayne is actually a talented dude, no one on my hated list is nearly as good, but they don't recieve 1/2 the hate. Get a life people. As for the article, Baby, give these folks they money. While you are at it, pay Juve, Turk, Wayne, Gizzle, and Mannie what they deserve too. Stop being so greedy. Nigga got a fleet of cars but he can't give a nigga what is owed. Low class.
co-sign
Every rapper imaginable
Will you quit asking that damn question in every topic?
I mean damn he hasnt even dropped a single yet and yall debating on how many albums he gone sell talk is cheap we gone see when the carter drops who the best rapper alive
I am going to attempt to turn this into a TOP 5 MC's list so here are my personal picks:
1.Ghostface Killah
2.NaS
3.Jay-z
4.Ice cube
5.Eminem
honorable mentions.. Scarface, Redman, Raekwon, Snoop, LL cool J
Ghostface....But no Meth???
As of Jan. 7th...(what they currently are doing, not career wise)
1)Kanye
2)Jay-Z
3)Lil' Wayne
4)Ghostface Killa
5)Lupe Fiasco
These guys are puttin' the best ish out right now, flow for flow, track for track.
you got me started and once I start you cant stop me
nas hip hop aint dead nas is
jay z passed the torch down to wayne
ice cube cool but stick to makin movies
eminem fire but he fell
bad
ghostface killah and wayne in the same senence kill yourself
and your so called honarble mentions
well
smh
fuck um yeah I said it fuck em
whos seeing weezy?
you got it twisted nigga eminem aint never fell off he stopped. niggas started trippin when he did a verse for the touch it remix at the bet awards and they gon trip when he drops another album
whos weezy? Oh is that your pet name for little wayne? Is that what you call him? what does he call you? sorry you tuff ass sissy if I hurt your feelings by not mentioning your idol little wayne.ok, I'll give you the end of my list:
1,876,987. Vanilla ice
1,876,988. Hurricane chris
1,876,999. Tony yayo
1,877,000. Murphy lee
1,877,001. Lil Wayne
see everyone, this is what we call a hater!
damn. lol props
Gethip iz on point this week lls
greatness just can't handle the fact that his superhero isn't so great. gethip was on point with this
COME ON WAYNE HATERS THIS AINT EVEN HIS CHECK HE GOTTA PAY WHY IS HE ALWAYS POPPIN UP WEN SHIT DOESNT EVEN CONCERN HIM GET OFF HIS DICK AND FOR ALL DUMB ASSES THAT BELIEVE HE AINT THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE U TELL ME WHO KILLED IT HARDER THAN HIM IN THE MIXTAPE GAME AND HE RIPS THE SHIT OUT OF HIS ALBUMS THERE IT GO STRAIGHT THOROUGH
joe budden. 50 cent (who i dont even like). lox. saigon. shady. all of them murdered mixtapes. little wayne making 100 mixtapes dosnt make them good mixtapes. him saying hes the best dont make him the best. fuck yall trash rappin ass south-end niggaz... FUCK YALL. you suck. We laugh at your songs. some of the garbage might sell but so does N'sync and britney. Matter of fact, britney sells millions- why dont you go check out her website?
btw, most of them lil wayne mixtapes was made by djs, not him. so ur wrong there.
and damn, u make niggas from the north look stupid. look at what u jus typed, let it sink in. im from philly and i never hate on people jus cus they from the south.
yes im a hater.... oooooooh! A HATER!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!
let this sink in... you look stupid for sayin that I make niggaz from the north look stupid. I aint the official spokesman for the north so why you sayin i make niggaz from the north look stupid? PROBABLY because you did the same thing as me... stupid. And fuck you nigga with your philly ass!!!! lol! bitch nigga. get off wayne dick. how am i WRONG? I didnt say wayne personally released his garbage mixtapes I was just responding to the comment that the dumb ass nigga before you made when he asked "who killed it like wayne on the mixtape shit?" I gave him my answer. thats all. You want props cuz you from philly? Nigga fuck you. And I do like some of the hip hop from the south but since i dont descriminate when it comes to dissin whack rap I said fuck you south end niggaz. If any body from the south took that as a diss to the whole south than fuck it. it is what it is. Stop putting out trash mixtapes that only sell 2400 copies and I'll stop sayimng fuck the south end....sensitive nigga.
lol lol
deeee-troit
im be straight up. i like waynes music but its other people i feel make better music. better is simply a matter of opinion whether its jay wayne or whoever. if he wanna call himself the est let him and if niggas go at him for it they will but obviously no rapper cares enough to go at it with him about who the best is because at the end of the day he aint gettin no oscar for it and he aint sellin no records for it. i could call myslef the best and where does it get me? nowhere. t.i. called himself the king of the south and lil flip threw scarfaces name in there tryin to start some beef. t.i. called scarface up and scarface told him he didnt want to be king of the south. why? because in the end its just a name. you dont get a title for being king of the south or best rapper alive. jay is the best and many peoples opinion andd has only seen half the sales 50 has seen from a single albums and never touched his one week sales. jay just recently broke his own 1 week sales record off of kingdom come by sellin around 600,000 and even kanye has outdone that off of at least two albums maby three but will you call him the better rapper? i bet half of you would if he screamed it. ll started sayin that for a while but he probably smartened up and didnt let his ego get to him because he saw it wasnt very smart. look at all the people who are outraged by lil waynes comments. and every last one of these outraged people matter when he needs record sales. jay said it himself but at least waited til his career was over(yeah right) to say it on a song. but honestly does it really matter? he's not running for president he's just president of cashemoney as far as i know. let him do what he does go ahead and cause him out but all this dividing youself into weezy haters and weezy dick riders is rediculous. just as rediculous as seeing his name pop up in topics he has nothing to do with.
how does some one dividing youself? break that one down for me baby bubba.
my bad i meant yourselves
Real Shit "Cash Money"---i dont know y its still called dat been havin "MONEY" problems since like what 1998 when errybody but wayne left babys ass over money issues its to a point now where baby just need to take his money that he does have and inroll in college if he even has a h.s. diploma and get a business degree FOR REAL
lol cosing. damn thats some funny shit but the truth. master p was the only smart nigga. everybody else thinks they too gangsta for an education til they broke as hell and dont even got the money to put themselves in college
Ya Feel Me 1 shit
wow nigga i tried to make yo pathetic ass feel good about yourself but you went and ruined it. hell i was tryina boost your confidence. i assumed you needed it the way you were takin shots at cashmoney like that. not that half of it wasnt true but the truth is they may be broke but at least they got two knickles to rub together. maby yo bitch ass is mad cause baby use to kiss u and treat u like his little princess til u got to old so u had to take yo sorry ass back to yo moms basement and hope yo daddy dont spit on you out of disgust today Ryan.
<Do u see dat i aint gotta drop a album to get dat i aint said c m broke i juss said hes not educated and he cant rap
so tell me did you save up 6 weeks of your pathetic paycheck in ones or did u just begg your daddy for an allowance? you aint impressin nobody nigga times have changed and i could probably buy yo white ass right now.
and no dat aint 1s
MURDERD go create ur website so i can ROAST u U aint got 5 pennys and nickel to make a dime
grow some eyebrows before you try to talk shit nigga.
sorry i meant whiteboy. i knew u was white b4 u even threw up a picture by the way u hated my black ass without sayin anything to u
What? HA grow some hang time or get a faid
at first u was on da right track and was smart bout dis music shit till u took a shot at me like im juss a WHITE BOY dat dont nuthin
and u didnt say nuthin to me????Ryan???whats dat pimp lmao i aint tripn we both grown fo dis shit
These Niggas Broke The UNIT GOT MONEY END OF STORY
I think you mean just 50. I don't see anyone else makin money, sellin albums, or nothin.
^^^ Fuck Dis Nigga Talk'n Bout!!! Baby Fuck'n Up!!! Wayne Been Sample'n Like Crazy
cash money is wild homo...cassidy the true beast real talk...ohhh yahhhhh and pardon me dipset all day
i wonder what goes on in your head all day...
"ballin'"
Fam how u gon compare lil wayne to the likes of common my mans murdered the whoe west coast in a battle he is hands down one of the best in the game real recognize real wayne aint real
let me ask yall this would u kiss a nigga 8 years older than u u claim to be ur father i dont think so