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Hey, guess what, Lil Wayne’s being sued again
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 23 August 2011
Having been sued in relation to pretty much every track on his album ‘Tha Carter III’ (well, several of them, anyway), people have now turned their attention to his forthcoming new LP, ‘Tha Carter IV’. Well, one has.
Rapper Rich Rick claims that the beat on the third single from ‘Tha Carter IV’, ‘How To Love’, features a beat he purchased from producers Drummer Boyz at some point between 2006 and 2009. In legal papers filed last week at the LA County Superior Court, he claims that the producers then pitched the same percussion track to Wayne in November last year, accepting a 35% cut of royalties from any track in which it featured.
Rich Rick is now suing Wayne and the Drummer Boyz for breach of contract and fraud, seeking all of those royalties due to Drummer Boyz, plus 10%.
In other Lil Wayne news, the rapper was rushed to hospital on Sunday after he fell of a skateboard. A cut above his eye required nine stitches. He later tweeted: “Busted my fuggin head at the skate park! Nine stitches! Gnarly gash over my left eye!”
