"Free Weezy Album, I Have No More Words" - Lil Wayne Breaks Silence On Cash Money Lawsuit

Last December, Lil Wayne sent on a series of tweets that rocked the music world. "I am a prisoner and so is my creativity," he wrote, blaming Cash Money Records and its co-founder, Bryan "Birdman" Williams, for refusing to release his long-delayed album Tha Carter V. "I want off this label and nothing to do with these people, but unfortunately it ain't that easy." Eight weeks later, the 32-year-old rapper dropped another bombshell:
In a 21-page document filed with a federal court in New York on January 28th, Wayne sued Cash Money for $51 million, citing a wide range of alleged financial misdeeds. Among other things, the lawsuit claimed that Cash Money withheld key accounting documents from Wayne, and that the label owes him $8 million for Tha Carter V under a 2012 deal that guaranteed a staggering $10 million advance per album.

Lil Wayne has been one of Cash Money's flagship stars since he signed with the label at age 12, and for years he saw Williams as a father figure. But that relationship has broken down, perhaps irreparably. Wayne tells Rolling Stone that he and Birdman are no longer on speaking terms. "I have no words," he says. "I'm super-numb to it, to tell you the truth."

"That's a legal matter, homeboy. After some more talks, he admits that the legal wrangling has been weighing on his mind. "I'm human," he says. "But it's nothing that a good blunt can't cure."

Wayne says that Tha Carter V, which he finished recording some time ago, is on ice for now. "It's super-done," he says. "Cake baked, icing on top, name on top, candles lit. I would have released it yesterday if I could. But it's a dead subject right now. It's a jewel in the safe. It's that stash-house money."

In the meantime, he's been putting in 12-hour studio shifts on an all-new project: the cleverly titled The Free Weezy Album, which he plans to release for free in March. "I'm working on it every day, man," he says. "I guarantee it's going to be something dope. If you don't want a musician being creative, don't get The Free Weezy Album."

Source: RollingStone Magazine