Lil Wayne, Birdman Sued Over Copyright

Lil Wayne finds himself in more trouble with the law, but this time his longtime mentor, Baby aka Birdman, is involved as well. Find out what they're being accused of and by whom.

ESSENCE.COM Nov, 02, 2009

Thomas Marasciullo is not feeling Lil Wayne. The Florida man filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Lil Wayne and Birdman, Cash Money Records and Universal Music Group saying that the two men used his voice on a track called “Respect” and “Loyalty” off their joint album “Like Father, Like Son” without permission, according to the Associated Press.

Marasciullo says he wrote, recorded and copyrighted spoken word mob-inspired montages for these songs. Oddly enough his son was recently fired from a recording engineer job at Cash Money Records after Marasciullo started demanding payment, according to the lawsuit.–WLW