As if Lil Wayne hasn't got enough on his plate - what, with him facing a jail sentence after admitting to possessing an illegal firearm - now he's being sued for copyright infringement. Though it seems more likely the job of defending this lawsuit will fall to Wayne's label Cash Money.
A Florida man called Thomas Marasciullo claims he recorded some "Italian-styled" repartee for Cash Money in 2006. Extracts of that recording, he says, were then used on various Cash Money releases without his permission, including on the track 'Respect' on the Lil Wayne/Birdman album 'Like Father, Like Son'.
Cash Money, Lil Wayne and Birdman are all named on Marasciullo's lawsuit, none of whom have responded to the legal claim as yet.