In what is now a regular occurrence, two producers are suing Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment for shady business dealings.
Andrew “Drew” Correa and Marcos “Infamous” Rodriguez have filed federal lawsuits against Young Money, reports TMZ.
In the first suit, Correa claims he had a deal with YME in 2008 to produce music that ended up being on Tha Carter III, Re-Birth, I Am Not a Human Being, and Priceless.
Correa says he was paid some royalties, but then the checks stopped coming.
In the second suit, Rodriguez claims that in 2007, he agreed to produce for YME and that his work was used on Tha Carter III, Re-Birth, We Are Young Money, Tha Carter IV, and Priceless, and that his royalty payments stopped coming as well.
This appears to be a pattern with Young Money, as In the past producers Deezle, Bangladesh, Jim Johnson, and David Kirkwood, and Play-N-Skillz have sued for unpaid royalties.
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Deja vu up in this bitch…
Hahahaha, this comment cracks me up!
Daamn it’s too tru!
cash money>>diddy
Bunch of lazy disrespectful fucks who mooch off other people and dont give credit to the real talent. fuck young money
Someone needs to get the feds involved lol. Seriously though at what point is it considered fraud?
be smart if you fucked over the 1st time why prod the second time for them smh
how do they still manage to keep getting good beats ???
This happens if you do bizness with YMCMB.
Also you should be ashamed when you produce tracks for YMCMB because its has nothing to do with hiphop.
Dont support: poprap, haevymetalrap, rapers and women beaters, plastic bitches and homo’s
thats pretty funny
THem niggas dont deserve any royalties for being dumb as shit….if you knew that niggas wern’t getting paid from Carter III why would u go back theres a million n one rappers out there yet you chose THAT one….and STILL no one knows you so that whole getting put on thing is bullshit….dumb niggas I swear
WAYNE SELLS…DRAKE SELLS…NICKI SELLS
DO YOU STILL NEED REASONS AS TO WHY PRODUCERS WOULD FUCK WITH YM RATHER THAN OTHER RAPPERS?
A million artists on your label ain’t worth shit if only 3 are making money.
West Coast Crew – We Are the Crew
Best song of all time.
I’m waiting until Birdman Madeoff is exposed as a fraud. I’m sure that they’re shuffling around money and paying people only when they start screaming about it.
You’ve never heard about this constantly from Jay, Puff, Nas, or Dre.
excuse me? Puffy didnt pay the producers from ready to die. A few years ago it was on the news. Jay is the same bitch.
this shit is hilarious … these YMCMB niggas is constantly shooting “vlogs” to show off their wealthy lifestyle but yet the people who are responsible for their riches aren’t getting paid .. smh.
REAL TALK
lol true. “Birdman buys Lil Wayne a million dollar birthday cake”. It must hurt for their producers to see that shit.
funny how you have time to watch young money vlogs and comment on every article that has their name in it, while your favorite “real hip hop” artists starve because you downloaded their new album.
Hey dentaldamboy, since you their accountant.. Why y’all ain’t payin these niggaz?
why do people work with them knowing their history thats why they have money because they dont pay people same thing diddy does and they get away with it
This happens when you do bizness with faggots you get fucked in the ass.
Haha!
Beautiful
lol does young money pay anybody
We all talk about how Young Money doesn’t pay their producers. So why don’t we just ignore them and stop listening to and buying their music? Maybe it might convince them to actually pay their producers.
What the fuck else is new? Why do people work with them
If they wouldnt pay Mannie Fresh, what makes these niggas think they’ll get paid in full? When will they learn?
Every year another producer is suing these guys why do ppl keep doing business with them. If Drake aint getting paid for royalties then no 1 is thats they biggest artist……………
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this is incredibly surprising. it has to be the first time these dudes haven’t paid. i’m not being sarcastic.
Kinda sounds like you’re being sarcastic. But if not, then damn, you kinda surprised me. lol
Producers out there, dummy up and stop getting star struck, making deals with hand shakes instead of signed paperwork.
No ya stupid fuck. Each and every single one of these producers who sued had ALL their paperwork together. The problem is that Ca$h Money receives all the royalties and pub checks directly. It is their responsibility to distribute accordingly. They simply STEAL everything and then dare anyone to sue em. These producers have done everything right. Its not their fault that Ca$h Money has the only deal in the history of rap where they own 100% of everything. That is how they got rich. By stealing from young, broke, ghetto kids who dont know the first thing about suing, let alone being able to afford it. Know wtf ur talking about first before you open up that hole in your face that you call a mouth.
^^^ I guess after that lecture class is dismissed and hopefully he/she/it gained more knowledge. You roasted the mofo..lol….
This goes back to Cash Money’s douche move of not paying Wendy Day for getting them one of the richest recording contracts in history with Universal. The music business is filled with greedy people, but from its earliest days, the Cash Money guys have set themselves apart with their ridiculous stinginess.
Slim is the one who handles this shit.
Yall always dissing Baby and Wayne but they don’t handle the business.
Fuck these money-hungry bitch-ass producers! They should be grateful they even get the chance to produce for such musical LEGEND and MYTH and KIGN of HIP HOP LIL WAYNE!
YMCMB!
Boy one word for you STUPID, THAT WHAT YOU ARE
SMh@ Boy… Producers need to be compensated for their work… Case closed..
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
YMCMB DOES NOT DEAL WITH ROYALTY CHECKS ALL OF THIS GOES THROUGH UNIVERSAL ALL OF IT. IF HIS CHECKS STOP COMING IN THERE IS A REASON. TYPICALLY THE REASON IS HE USED A SAMPLE AND DID NOT TELL THE LABEL. SOMEBODY SUES AND THEN YOUR CHECKS STOP COMING IN. AGAIN UNIVERSAL DEALS WITH ALL YMCMB ROYALTIES
You are 100% WRONG. Check my previous comment below to understand how the distribution of royalties are supposed to be distributed. UMG pays Ca$h Money.PERIOD. You know SHIT.
HE SONNED U
NO HE DIDNT WE CHANGED ALL THAT A 3 YEARS BACK GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH UNIVERSAL THEY PAY EVERYBODY EVEN YMCMB NOW. IT WAS MUCH EASIER THAT WAY
HOW LONG AGO U THINK 2007 2008 WAS?
SO THEY GOTTA P&D DEAL BUT PARENT COMPANY HANDLES ALL THE LOGISTIC PAPERWORK?
UP SOME LINKS THEN
Lil Wayne is uglier than me when I’m shitting in the morning
lol Wayne gotta be the most ugliest rapper ever!
and that has to do with what???
Everything…….
Everything…
Everything
@boy…you sound like one…grow up and pay your damn bills…
Agreed
Ahahahaha, Broke ass niggas.
“Each and every single one of these producers who sued had ALL their paperwork together”
First off you need to watch your mouth. Second, most of these producers don’t have paperwork. They blindly make verbal deals expecting the money to come rolling in. Maybe they get a little up front, but it’s their responsibility to know when they’re getting their money. Would Wayne do a show or a guest spot if the money wasn’t received up front, in full? Think. I know for you that’s almost impossible, but I can’t do your homework for you.
Would you plan a concert with anybody and pay them in full before they actually showed up and did the show?
U DON’T GET ALL UPFRONT
A 1/4 TO 1/2 WHEN AGREED UPON
THE REST B4 U STEP ON STAGE WHETHER IT’S 5 OR 5,000 IN ATTENDANCE
& TEACHER IS RIGHT
CHECKS GET SENT 2 CASH MONEY, PART OF THE PRESS & DISTRIBUTION DEAL
U DO SOME HOMEWORK & STOP GETTING RACIST MAD WHEN U GET CHECKED
OR START LURKING
Why the hate on my posting it was legitimate?
YMCMB claims to be the richest and they cant even pay up??
Maybe thats why they have so much money cause they stingy with it..I wont be surprised to hear one of the members getting busted for not paying taxes
Lil Wayne’s new joint here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrnq4SZ0luc
this is bs these producers are making blindly agreements and have been getting paid since 2007? i think your contract is up, this want hold up in court just like the rest of the lawsuits
You obviously know nothing about music business. Royalties never stop unless the music stops getting spins. If these producers created a hit, I’m pretty sure the music is still getting played somewhere in the world to this date, so they should still be getting royalty checks.
Aww come on…The face in that picture definitely looks like somebody you can trust.
Damn shame. Them dudes can buy million dollar cars, and cash out on mansions, but can’t give the producers of their music a few dollars? Wtf is really going on with cash money? We’ll find out the real truth in a few years on VH1.
best labels in history:
1.MMG
2.YMCMB
3.No Limit
4.Roc Nation
5.Def Jam
Best in what?
1-rap how there told to
2-……nigga
3-1 or 2 hot years aint shit in history
4-its just jcole nigga relax
5-have a shit load of artist but where the sells at lately??
*Def Jam when Uncle Russ owned it has it’s own category*
1. No Limit
2. Cash Money
3. Death Row
4. Bad Boy
5. Rap A Lot
6. Ruthless
7. Roc A Fella
8. Luke
9. Sick Wid it
10. Ruff Ryders
No Limit Records sold over 50 million albums, so yes they made history.
No surprise here.
well u know hes got the money hes prob jus too lazy to write the checks
to make is simple: DJ Infamous and Drew Correa
haha bout fuckin time more people stood up to crooked ass slim an baby.
Birdman and his brothers are so of the best black business men that ever did it in rap music. The media doesn’t report it when all those Jewish label owners get sued. As long as you can understand that, then you just make your money and keep it moving as a black man.
*Def Jam when Uncle Russ owned it has it’s own category*
1. No Limit
2. Cash Money
3. Death Row
4. Bad Boy
5. Rap A Lot
6. Ruthless
7. Roc A Fella
8. Luke
9. Sick Wid it
10. Ruff Ryders
maybe So So Def, Slip N Slide, Suave House, Sucka Free, Swissa House and Trill Ent.
Damn bro…you must be slow. This is your list, for real? Your either stupid or your from New Orleans
Okay, you fucks dont know shit. Let me teach yall the real shit.
Best Record Labels in Music HISTORY:
1. Young Money
2. Cash Money
3. BasedWorld Records
4. MMG
5. POE Boy Records
6. Universal Records
8. Death Row Records
9. YMCMB/BOY Entertainment
10. Makaveli Records
Real street Naledge
YMCMB!
Damn you people are c*#* riders. I like Lil Wayne but Im not gay for the dude like you clowns. I cant look at this shit. You got No limit, cash money and ymcmb all in your top 10? Be real with yourself…
You must be from New Orleans 2
Let me help you youngsters…
(Top 3 can be interchangeable)
1) Def Jam: (Nas, Rick Ross,Meth and Red, Ludacris, LL Cool J )
2)Death Row: (2Pac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg)
3)Roc-a-fella: (Jay-Z, Kanye West, Camron)
4)Aftermath: (Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent)
5)Bad Boy: (Notorious BIG, Puff Daddy and the Family, Mase)
6)YMCMB/Cash Money: Hot Boyz, Lil Wayne, Juvenile
7 No Limit: (Master P, Mystikal, Silkk The Shocker)
I don’t need to continue…yall get the point
Thats how we do it over here at YMCMB.
Young Moolah baybay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let me help you youngsters…
(Top 3 can be interchangeable)
1) Def Jam: (Nas, Rick Ross,Meth and Red, Ludacris, LL Cool J )
2)Death Row: (2Pac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg)
3)Roc-a-fella: (Jay-Z, Kanye West, Camron)
4)Aftermath: (Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent)
5)Bad Boy: (Notorious BIG, Puff Daddy and the Family, Mase)
6)YMCMB/Cash Money: Hot Boyz, Lil Wayne, Juvenile
7 No Limit: (Master P, Mystikal, Silkk The Shocker)
I don’t need to continue…yall get the point
“Would you plan a concert with anybody and pay them in full before they actually showed up and did the show?”
If they got their money and then backed out, they would be sued. That’s beside the point. If your a producer and someone asks you for a beat then you make sure you get your money up front cause you know they’re going to cut you out of future royalties.
“U DON’T GET ALL UPFRONT”
Did you just wake up and decide to post before making a liquor store run? Regardless of your lack of ambition, the top tier artists get paid in full all the time, cause they wouldn’t even agree to do an appearance, concert, or private show if there was a good chance they weren’t going to get all of that money up front, or at least most of it. Look at Nas. Some fool wired him $100,000 based on his word. What does that tell you? In cases like that, the promoter basically has no choice but to bite the bullet and shell out the money cause someone like Nas isn’t going to take scraps up front hoping he’s going to get the rest after the fact.
lmfao @ ym