Producer of Lollipop is Sueing Lil Wayne For $20 Million

I can remember how big Lollipop was, and i think it ushered in the new Lil Wayne that took over the world in 2008. Now, the producer of that track is saying he has not been paid his due. I have been hearing about this issue for a while now, and i wonder why Cash Money would allow something like this escalate to this level. They need to consider what that track did for wayne. Of cos wayne has always been a fantastic rapper from the times of HOTBOYZ to his first two Carter albums, but Lollipop gave him that commercial break.

Read more of the story below, courtesy of hiphopdx.com-
In March of this year Deezle, the man who produced Lil Wayne’s hit “Lollipop”, filed suit against the New Orleans rapper and his Young Money/Cash Money label seeking $20 million. In the suit Deezle claimed that he was owed unpaid royalties from sales of the single and its parent album, Tha Carter III. Now, according to AllHipHop.com, Deezle has issued a statement regarding his lawsuit.

He says, in part, “After consultation with my team I have decided to make a statement as it relates to the litigation pending against Cash Money and Young Money. At this time I am owed a sufficient amount of money and will protect the rights afforded me by the State of New York. My team is of the opinion that the matter will be resolved in a timely fashion.” Deezle, born Darius Harrison, is also seeking $2.5 million in owed royalties for another Tha Carter III track he produced, “Mrs. Officer.”

In Deezle’s suit he states that Tha Carter III has sold six million copies, amounting to over $70 million dollars in revenue. Deezle won three Grammy’s for his work with Lil Wayne. Neither Wayne nor any of his representatives have commented on this new statement.

baby on the success of "cash money records" compared to other labels in its category

Baby did a little bragging recently, but i guess he has the rights to do that, because you got to ask; where are all the other record labels that started off in the 90's? Where is NO LIMIT? Where is SO SO DEF? Where is RUFF RYDERZ? And the list goes on. I think he and his brother, SLIM, have done a lot of work in making sure they stay relevant, even more relevant than when they started off, and they are growing everyday.

"I look at that sh*t as we went through war and we sustained the weather and we stood in the fog," Baby said in an interview. "Even when muthaf*ckas counted us out, we stood up and we manned up. We did everything we had to, to get where we're at today. I think God gives it to ya when he feels you're ready for it. It took us a long time; we had to go through a lot of changes. A lot of obstacles, losses, gains. I just think right now we're so great at this sh*t. We got so many young n*ggas who look at me and Wayne and what we've accomplished. You see the hunger [that] Drake and all the rest of those little n*ggas [have] because they're reaching for those stories. We work like n*ggas who never made a dollar and I think that's impressive to them. That makes them go harder. Those little n*ggas got promising futures." (XXL Mag)

Just last week, my friend was playing JUVINILE'S "back that ass up", and i heard LIL WAYNE at the end, i was like, wow, such a long time ago. That was actually 11 years ago, and i remember how juvy was the hottest cash money artist back then. But wayne really stayed in there...i guess baby really believed in him.

BOW WOW SIGNS WITH CASH-MONEY RECORDS.

BOW WOW just confirmed via his twitter page that he has signed a deal with cashmoney records. Home to two of the most celebrated hiphop acts in the game right now, drake and lil wayne.
Bow wow got into the music industry at a tender age of 13, under j.d's so-so def record label. He has released 6 albums since his 'beware of dog' debut in 2000, that sold over 3million copies worldwide.
His most recent effort, 'new jack city2' dropped earlier this year and is still yet to cross the 20Θ,000 mark sales. The must dissapointing record sales of any of his solo albums since his debut. This most likely prompted his decisiom to inc a deal with cashmoney.
With the right mechanics, i feel he can be relevant again.