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Lil Wayne sued over song theft
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 5 August 2011
Lil Wayne has been accused of stealing another track from someone else. This brings his current total for lawsuits relating to song theft allegations and royalty disputes up to five. Although for a bit of variety, this time it’s not over song that appears on his ‘Tha Carter III’ album.
Production firm Done Deal Entertainment claims that portions of Wayne’s track, ‘Bedrock’, a collaboration with Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lloyd for 2009’s ‘We Are Young Money’ compilation, were in part made up of its own copyrighted material.
The company is seeking $15 million from Wayne and his labels, Young Money Records and Cash Money Records. The case will be heard on 12 Oct.
As previously reported, Wayne is already being sued by various producers who worked on ‘Tha Carter III’. Bangladesh, Darius ‘Deezle’ Harrison, David Kirkwood, and Play-N-Skillz have all launched legal proceedings claiming that they are due unpaid royalties.