RadioOnFire.com - Apart from their own contractual dispute, Lil Wayne and Birdman found themselves embroiled in more legal trouble when a judge ordered them to pay up for neglecting to satisfy a settlement it reached with two London-based labels three years ago.
4AD Limited and XL Recordings sued Cash Money and Young Money in 2013, for what they claimed was a failure to compliment them with royalties for samples they used. At the time the companies alleged that they licensed a pair of songs to Wayne and Bird, which would eventually be used in the production of records for Nicki Minaj and Drake, but were never paid from profits made off of record sales and public performances. A London court oversaw the case, which concluded with Cash Money and Young Money agreeing to fork over $312,000.
4AD Limited and XL Recordings sued once more earlier this year, this time claiming in a New York City courtroom that the New Orleans rapper/executive tandem refused to cooperate after the judgment and simply abandoned the deal. On November 15 the Judge presiding over the case granted the plaintiff's motion when neither Lil Wayne nor Birdman appeared in court. They have been ordered to pay 4AD Limited and XL Recordings $154,623.
Source: thejasminebrand.com
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