It seems like things are going awry at Cash Money records. Super producer Bangladesh has announced that he is suing Lil Wayne for not getting paid royalties. He’s suing Weezy for $500,000. He spoke with Vibe about the lawsuit and working with Cash Money and Wayne:
‘I don’t fuck with [Lil Wayne]… and you can print that…’
‘Cash Money don’t pay royalties. The Carter III, [is] his biggest album probably because of “A Millie.” [But] you have to sue these guys so that they pay up.’
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He spoke on how he doesn’t have this problem with other labels and artists and he shouldn’t have to sue people to get his just due:
‘It’s [Wayne and Baby’s] responsibility to pay [me] because all the money from album sales goes to Cash Money. I get checks from Sony for Beyonce’, checks from different labels for different artists, it just comes to you. You don’t have to call them, sue them and all that junk. This is what you’re owed.’
He continues, ‘I don’t really give a fuck about [Wayne]. I can’t give a fuck about somebody that don’t give a fuck about my situation, I have kids. In the hood, people get killed for ten dollars. I couldn’t imagine owing someone hundreds of thousands of dollars and just walking around in front of them. I’m so confident in myself, that I don’t need Lil Wayne. There’s gonna be so many opportunities. I can create a Lil Wayne.’
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Bangladesh also sheds light on why former Cash Money artists have left:
‘This is why Mannie Fresh don’t fuck with [Cash Money] because he never got any royalty money. That’s why Baby can go around flaunting this cash, because that’s everyone else’s money… It’s not even Wayne’s fault. Wayne is not getting money. He is given money, he’s not getting money. If Baby gets a million dollars he’ll buy Wayne a Phantom, but that’s in Cash Money’s name. That 14-bedroom mansion isn’t Wayne shit,’ he says. ‘That’s why he have his own company, because he was trying to leave Cash Money and the only thing that would keep him there was [if they] gave him his own thing. But Baby still controls that. All those Young Money artists don’t even know that they not getting royalty money.’
Do you think Bangladesh discussing his problems with Young Money/ Cash Money will make more problems for him? How do you feel about all of the lawsuits Cash Money is getting hit with? Share your thoughts!
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