After what seems like an eternity, Lil Wayne has reportedly come out with some kind of victory in his legal battle against Cash Money and Birdman. In an agreement between Wayne, Universal Records and Cash Money, Weezy is no longer part of the label and will receive “well over $10 million,” according to The Blast.
Universal and Lil Wayne have had their fair share of disagreement including their lawsuit in March of 2016, which has also now been settled, according to Pitchfork. At the time, Wayne filed against Universal over damages and unpaid profits for Young Money artists Tyga, Nicki Minaj and Drake.
Before that, Wayne sued Birdman for $51 million and to have his record deal voided. Drake’s former management company Aspire Music Group also sued Cash Money for withholding profits back in January of 2017.
Wayne’s lawyer, Howard King, filed a notice with the court on May 23 that said everyone involved is ready to throw out the lawsuit. As part of the deal, Tha Carter V will be released through Universal. The status of Drake’s and Nicki Minaj’s contracts with Cash Money seems to remain intact.
The relationship between Birdman and Wayne has been a back-and-forth of emotions at various public appearances.
In other news on Wayne’s long-awaited projects, it seems like Juelz Santana is keeping hope alive for I Can’t Feel My Face.
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Yall was mad at Pusha T for prophesying this situation and also applies to Drake. anyway… Happy for Wayne but do ppl still care for lil wayne music. I think wayne wave is done unless he put that double cup down and focus and call up Gille da kid for “assistance” lol
I cant feel my face coming soon though
You really want to hear something that was suppose to be released in 2008? Guy this shit is 10 yrs old. Unless they trash the original and come with new content i dont think ppl wanna hear it . Just saying
i definitely wanna hear it.. you wanna hear the shit being released in 2018? that should be the real question! wayne in 2008 was way better than the trash that’s thrown up nowadays
Good music is timeless. I need to hear it
New Kids don’t understand that because all their music is trash and recyclable. Back that was up is 20 years old and still gets played, what from this generation will be played in 20 years…I’ll wait.
Yes, if I don’t get some timely references to Trump or some shit, there is no way this could be listenable. SMH. I’d rather hear some 2008 Wayne than whatever the fuck he’s been doing the last 5 years.
True. I’m just disappointed in the Lil Wayne we see now
Pusha t called this a LOOOOOOONG time ago. Wayne is washed. His mixtapes come and go. The guy hasnt had a dooe song in years. His time came and went. On the bright side atleast he wasnt knocked off like drake. He was just played out
If waynes happy thats good. Not sure if i wanna hear an album from 2013 though. Prolly a bunch of old references. But if it do come out I hope its great. Wayne has a lot of dope tracks, especially around carter ii and iii in my opinion.
That’s good for Wayne but the material might be dated. He needs to refurbish the album or do something to it to make it feel fresh. or he could come out with an entirely new project
yo Wayne, hope Carter V gonna be worth the wait.
You and I both know it will not. Wayne’s best album wouldn’t even be top 5 in Nas’ discography.
Wayne is washed. His mixtapes suck now. He has no subject matter. He just raps alot of random shit. This album gonna underperform badly.
Good news for Wayne! smh @ Juelz, the desperation is real.
Ye/Cudi, Nas and Drake dropping albums in June and Wayne finally free from bullcrap Birdman? June looking good for hip hop!
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This is a huge win, go independent. The climate was made for independence. You may have gotten 41 million less but you’ll make more than double that just based off sales and touring from the Carter 5 not to mention merchandise plus you don’t have to split the money you make from your artists with 2 big labels. Huge win!
he just took a huge L, not only did he not get the money from Birdman (Universal paid him 20% of what he sued for?) He lost his two biggest artist in Drake and Nikki. He got his freedom after he lost 7 years of his career for 10 million ? that’s a win ? smh hes a clown now and his wave passed him up while he setback and let his daddy take his money and the drugs take his mind. Another L for th YMCB camp.
How much do u have . Everyone has a mouth but dont have money in their account
No amount of money can get that sharp mind and wit back… it gone.
Happy for dude but that’s a lot less than 51 mill and it didn’t look like he’s keeping young money which is HUGE. I guess you can’t pay enough for peace of mind.
You sue for 50 mil and get 10? Then your lawyer get’s 30% and you pay 35% give or take in taxes and you clear 4.5 million? They got you wayne. All that Drake and Niki money ???
How do you know that wasn’t the game plan all along? You think these lawyers then went to law school are dumb? Sue for high number settle on real number.
What’s your point? The fact of the matter is they all just abused that dude and it was Baby that green lit the robbery. Hopefully Wayne grows from it and becomes an excellent business man but his decision to release the album on Universal doesn’t give me much confidence that he’ll do that. He should have took his settlement, told Universal that they can release the album and keep all the proceeds from the sales in exchange for his freedom. Wayne probably has a ton of material so take that material and drop another album exclusively on ITunes or Spotify and make more money than he’s ever had. Jay paid 5 million for his masters and freedom. Wayne is an iconic brand that will sell just on the name and I’m not even a fan
Idiots online don’t even know the details of the settled deal vs. the original case (that was thrown out)
$10 mill ain’t bad for an unreleased album he gets to walk away with
Think about it…Jay Z paid $3 million for blueprint 3 from DJ….Weezy getting paid from CM
Where have you been? Wayne was owed 50million plus! This is a known strategy of Baby to wait artist out and then give them a portion while he holds on to the rest. Read the article, Wayne is so stupid that he’s releasing the album on Universal after they burned him of profits on Drake and Minaj. Wayne has a fear of freedom and it’s obvious
The article states he got a Cash Money payout to be freed from his contract as an artist, and to stay with Universal as a Distributor directly, not that the terms of his owed royalties were settled. Two different cases, which don’t get lumped together like the $50 mill suggests.
I just watched an interview with Vlad and The Who raised you n’s comedian and they both said this is how Baby operates. He waits it out and then gives you a portion of what he owes you. The artist normally takes it because they need the money. Wayne was also ripped off by universal which tells me that Baby gave them the inside track on how to do that. They used Wayne as a conduit for Drake and Minaj, nothing more and nothing less. It’s a shame but Baby abused his loyalty and took advantage of is lack of knowledge. Now Wayne has to pay his attorney 33% of that money as well so Baby is out here making attorneys filthy rich while burning artist. He’s a real piece of crap
i would hope wayne is making baby cover the lawyer fees. if nikki and drake are stuck on cash money he rally lost this settlement. you gotta keep those two.
He looks like Medusa
i bet “i cant feel my face 2” is a fucking banger!
Wayne got finessed he gotta pay the lawyer 30% of 10 million no deal.
so if Wayne ain’t get paid I no drake and Nicki ain’t getting paid
so many lawyers in the comments
Detox may be released before Carter V
Good for hip hop C5 is way overdue obviously but Weezy is back in form I’m sure he will make a new album of C5…singles that were released were from like 2013 or 2014. Birdman never pays anybody what their due. Wayne got out of Cash Money for the better