Birdman and Lil Wayne are reportedly headed back to court except for this time, Lil Wayne will be on the defense side.
The Blast reports that Birdman is accusing Lil Wayne of being part of a large-scale scheme to get a bigger share of Drake’s royalties.
In 2017, Aspire Music, co-founded by Lil Wayne’s manager Cortez Bryant, sued Birdman over unpaid royalties from Drake’s catalog. Birdman has responded with a countersuit that accuses Bryant and Lil Wayne of working with attorney Ronald Sweeney in an attempt to gain a larger share of Drake’s profit.
Aspire claims they discovered Drake and are entitled to 1/3 share of profits from Drake’s first six albums in addition to a share of copyrights. The remainder was to be split between Lil Wayne’s Young Money and Birdman’s Cash Money.
Among the charges, Birdman is seeking restitution due to fraud, aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty and interference with contractual relations in the lawsuit.