Though Birdman was just named in an indictment that alleges he was involved in a plot to kill Lil Wayne, he's showing no attempt to make amends with his former "son," who's still fighting to free himself from Cash Money Records. If that lawsuit wasn't enough, Birdman has brought forth another. He is suing Jay Z's TIDAL for recently releasing Lil Wayne's Free Weezy Album -- to the tune of $50 million.
TMZ has obtained the lawsuit in which Cash Money calls TIDAL an "illegal intermeddler." Birdman and his team deem TIDAL's acquisition of FWA "a desperate and illegal attempt to save their struggling service."
In June, Wayne announced he'd be joining TIDAL as an artist owner and released "Glory," the lead single off FWA, on the same day as a TIDAL exclusive. A few weeks later, TIDAL dropped the whole album, Wayne's first since 2013's I Am Not a Human Being.
FWA ammassed 10 million streams in its first week.
Congrats to @LilTunechi for hitting 10MM #FWA streams in one week! #FreeWeezy. https://t.co/k082wehky4 pic.twitter.com/y2RSYTxVHM
— TIDAL (@TIDALHiFi) July 13, 2015
In the new lawsuit, Birdman and Cash Money state their exclusive rights to all of Lil Wayne's music. They say Wayne's contract denies him any right of licensing his music outside of Cash Money, the label he's been signed to since 1994, when he was just 11 years old.
Birdman and Wayne were recently spotted together in public for the first time since their falling out at Miami's Club LIV where Birdman reportedly threw a drink at Wayne while he was performing "CoCo," a Birdman-aimed diss-track off Sorry 4 the Wait 2, Wayne's free tape from the beginning of this year.
The feud began, at least in the public eye, last December, when Wayne tweeted that he wanted off Cash Money, calling himself a prisoner of the label. Eight weeks later, he dropped a $51 million lawsuit
As mentioned, Birdman's new suit against TIDAL is for $50 million. Coincidence? We think not.
