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Birdman is having a rough 2015. Of course, Cash Money has been involved in lawsuits and bitter fallouts with its artists since the beginning, though it seems this year has been especially hard on the label and its CEO. The latest artist to come at Birdman for unpaid royalties is producer DVLP, who has worked extensively with Lil Wayne. DVLP maintains, and claims to have proof via text messages, that Birdman has repeatedly promised to pay him the $200,000 he is rightfully owed -- but to no avail. Now he's done waiting and plans to take the Cash Money boss to court.
DVLP, pronounced "Develop," has produced tracks on Tha Carter II, The Carter III, The Carter IV, I Am Not a Human Being II and, most recently, Free Weezy Album, which was Wayne's first non-Cash Money release -- much to Birdman's dissapproval -- he recently filed a $50 million suit against TIDAL for releasing the album.
TMZ has shared a text message correspondence between DVLP and Birdman, throughout which Birdman assured forthcoming payment and even specified the proper amount ($200,000). A few of Birdman's texts are listed below:
"I'm getting yu paid"
"I'm working with yu fam"
"You gone get that 200k"
"s**t gettin DON"
As DVLP claims he still hasn't seen a dime, he's done texting and is taking Birdman to court.
Of course, $200,000 is nothing compared to the $51 million suit Wayne brought against Cash Money and Birdman at the beginning of the year. Birdman seems content things between him and his "son" will work themselves out, and a couple of days ago, he pledged his allegiance to Lil Wayne on Instagram. However, we still haven't heard anything from Wayne that would signal any of his hard feelings have been alleviated.
Former Cash Money artist Turk, member of the Hot Boys, also brought a lawsuit, for $1.3 million, against the label. After not hearing from Birdman for months, Turk filed a default motion, and they finally settled for an undisclosed amount.
