Lil Wayne Sues Cash Money For $51 Million

The rapper also hopes to end contract with label and requests joint right to everything published by Young Money



Lil Wayne performed in Mountain View, California on September 16, 2014. The rapper is suing Cash Money Records for $ 51 million.
Lil Wayne is suing Cash Money hoping to end their contract with the label, according to TMZ. The lawsuit alleges that the CEO Bryan "Birdman" Williams and company have retained a substantial amount of money owed regarding still unreleased new album by rapper, Tha Carter V. Because the label didn paid the money they claim is owed, Wayne claims to be able to leave cash.

In addition to the breakup of his contract, Lil Wayne is seeking $ 51 million and has asked a judge to declare the joint ownership of copyright in everything published on his label Cash Money, Young Money, including recordings Drake and Nicki Minaj.

Last month, the rapper spoke publicly against Cash Money, Twitter, "Want out of this label" and calling himself a prisoner. Tha Carter V was originally due out in May, but a December was delayed; not out and the website of Cash Money still advertised as "very soon". At the time of the tweets from Weezy, his manager, Cortez Bryant, that the rapper had no intention of leaving the label.

Last week, Lil Wayne reached a new mixtape, Sorry 4 Wait 2. He preceded freedom with a song, "Shit (Remix)" which contained the song: "My time at Cash Money, time served and placed in freedom / but this agent is not free, word, that's the word on these streets.”Another track, "CoCo", found compared with Scarface. "Cash is an army, I am an army of one man / and if them niggas comin 'for me, I'll be like Tony / Now I do not want any trouble, I just want my money." The compilation is available for download via DatPiff.

Nicki Minaj Is Praying For Lil Wayne And Birdman To Resolve Their Problems

Nothing is destroying the family apart.

Each family has to deal with difficult issues sometimes and it seems the Cash Money crew hit particularly hard patch. Lil Wayne recently announced, through a series of tweets, he wanted off the label, adding that he was detained "prisoner" by Birdman.

It is unclear what has happened internally since, but Nicki Minaj is making it clear that she still supports both Wayne and Birdman.

"We are well. Love conquers all. I do know that, whatever happens, we are a family," he said during an interview with DJ Whoo Kid on Shade 45 on Saturday. "There are always best friends and sociable sociable, but are a family and we love each other underneath it all."



Nicki went on to add that his bosses probably be able to figure things out, in due time.

"I know Wayne and Baby love, and I know that going to solve anything that needs to be solved," he said. "I'm Young Money I ride with Wayne in what is -. That's what I am but baby has played a big role in my mental stability.".

"I do not know if people know, [but] baby will call you and text every day, just to make you feel good," he continued. "Make you feel inspired. Once called me like, 'Yo Barbie, I'm seeing his posters for MYX all Miami Barbie, Barbie do your thing. I respect that." This is baby on my phone tells me to respect my decision business ".


"With Wayne will have a very different relationship with Wayne, so cute relationship," he continued. "I love them. I'm praying that everything works as it always does with family matters. There is simply nothing malicious, this is no hatred. It's different."