January 29, 2023
Lil Wayne Sues Cash Money for $51 Million – Today in Hip-Hop
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Jan. 28, 2015: After threatening legal action against Birdman and Cash Money Records due to contract renegotiations failling through in December of 2014, Lil Wayne slapped Cash Money Records with a whopping $51 million lawsuit in 2015.Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records in 1997, at 14 years old and became a prolific rapper on the label. He was first a member of the Hot Boys and then a solo artist. In the late aughts, Wayne became a label boss himself with the launch of Young Money Records and the signing of two hip-hop superstars, Drake and Nicki Minaj.In 2014, Wayne wanted off Cash Money...