Getting Sued AGAIN
Posted by Media Outrage on November 2, 2009
These two should just keep lawyers on call 24/7 because they get sued like every other month. SMH. Lil Wayne and Birdman are being sued again….
Via AHH:
More legal trouble has emerged for Lil Wayne as the New Orleans hitmaker is being sued by a man who contributed to his joint album with Birdman, Like Father, Like Son.
The copyright infringement lawsuit, which was filed Friday (Oct. 30) by Thomas Marasciullo in a Manhattan federal court, claims that Lil Wayne and Birdman’s label, Cash Money Records, arranged for Marasciullo to cut some “‘Italian-styled’ spoken word recordings” in 2006.
The recordings, the suit noted, were later used on four songs on the joint project and five tracks on Birdman’s 2007 release, 5 * Stunna, without pay or permission.
According to Marasciullo, several short songs he says he wrote, recorded and copyrighted feature a man’s voice delivering mob-movie-flavored repartee. Among the tunes featuring the Florida resident were including “Loyalty” and “Respect.”
Released in 2006, Like Father, Like Son featured the hit single, “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy,” as well as “Respect.”
The gold-selling album, which featured appearances from Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Tha Dogg Pound and T-Pain, debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling 176,000 copies.
Birdman’s 5 * Stunna contained the popular Lil Wayne-assisted lead single, “Pop Bottles.”
The suit further stated that Marasciullo realized his work was being used when his daughter discovered his “Respect” while trying to buy a ringtone version of the hit Aretha Franklin song of the same name.
When he demanded payment for his work, the lawsuit mentioned that Marasciullo’s son was fired from a recording engineer job at Cash Money.
The Associated Press reports the label and various music distribution outlets are also being sued by Marasciullo, who seeks unspecified damages.
The new lawsuit comes amid troubling times for Lil Wayne, who pled guilty last week to attempted weapons possession from a 2007 incident where authorities stopped the rapper’s tour bus after a concert in New York. Lil Wayne faces a year in jail from that case.
Mediaoutrage- Is there any HONOR in the music industry? Damn.
November 2, 2009 at 3:38 am
SMDH! Pay the man thieves!
November 2, 2009 at 6:38 am
Wayne’s mouf looks like a duck bill!! Turn ya head people, I think they are about to kiss!!! WTF
November 2, 2009 at 11:35 am
I am sorry, but they are ugly as fuck!! both of them are thru, ugh, could never lay next to nothing like that, they should be sued for being so damn fugly, lolol
LMAOOO @ 2020VIZN… Wayne’s mouf looks like a duck bill!!
November 2, 2009 at 2:22 pm
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November 2, 2009 at 4:24 pm
EWW!
November 2, 2009 at 4:26 pm
@ Lowridaz – ^ 5 Yes they are UGLY!!! How in da hell is Wayne getting all these beautiful women to have his baby..let alone kiss him..YUCK ( throwing up right now)!!