Back in 2015 rapper Lil Wayne slapped his Cash Money Records boss, Bryan 'Birdman' Williams with a $51 million lawsuit claiming Birdman was withholding money from Wayne's Young Money roster and preventing him from releasing Tha Carter V [click here if you missed that].
Now Weezy is accusing Birdman of failing to turn over pertinent documents for the case and of possibly committing tax evasion...
From The Blast
Wayne says Cash Money was ordered to produce documents but continues to refuse to turn over important information needed in the case.
He points out while Cash Money claims that their company has earned over $200 million in cash flow, it has no accounting records, no general ledger, no bank account records and no tax returns at all.
Wayne says the information Cash Money is refusing to turn over includes documents relating to Nicki Minaj and Drake. He’s demanded all records pertaining to Nicki and the label since 2011. The label claimed they have no documents, but Wayne says that’s impossible due to Nicki releasing albums with the company since 2011. Wayne wants information pertaining to Cash Money’s deals with Drake, but again they claim to have no documents available.
Weezy’s motion also accuses Cash Money of not turning over records of payments the label made to Birdman and his brother, Ronald Williams.
Further, he says they refuse to hand over all tax returns from 2011. He says, “Unless Cash Money admits to criminal failure to file tax returns for 2011 to present, Cash Money must produce these returns.”
