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Lil Wayne & Birdman Hit With Copyright Suit

Sat, Oct 31, 2009 by Danny M

Lil Wayne & Birdman Hit With Copyright Suit

It just keeps getting worse for Lil Wayne :( A man who did the skits on Birdman‘s and Weezy‘s “Like Father, Like Son” collaboration album has file a copyright infringement lawsuit against Baby and Weezy saying he was never paid and they used the tracks without his permission. Check out what Hollywood Reporter are saying below:

A Florida man wants rappers Lil Wayne and Birdman to show him respect — for using his voice on a song with that title.

Thomas Marasciullo filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Friday in a Manhattan federal court against the rappers, their record label and various music distribution outlets.

The lawsuit says Cash Money Records had him record some “Italian-styled” repartee in 2006. The suit says his work was used without pay or permission on “Respect” and other tracks from the rappers’ joint 2006 album “Like Father, Like Son” and Birdman‘s 2007 album “5 Star Stunna“.

A lawyer and representatives for the label didn’t immediately return messages.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for Marasciullo, who lives in Florida’s Hernando County.

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  1. On October 31, 2009 at 1:53 pm Weezy Fan responded with...

    The link on Bitches Wanna is dead, make a new link, I wanna hear it! :(

  2. On October 31, 2009 at 1:55 pm WeezyC responded with...

    damn….:S

  3. On October 31, 2009 at 1:55 pm LIL WAYNE IS THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE responded with...

    People need to FUCK OFF.

  4. On October 31, 2009 at 2:01 pm Veronica responded with...

    People should fuck off. Fucking cocksuckers. LIL WAYNE 4 LIFE!

  5. On October 31, 2009 at 2:01 pm YoUnCaRteR responded with...

    JUST FUKK THOSE BITCHES!! THOSE NIGGAZ JUST WANNA GET MONEY FROM WEEZY AND THE STUNNA!

  6. On October 31, 2009 at 2:27 pm weezyveli responded with...

    where is no ceilings official version???? its holloween im tired of shit gettin pushed back dont fuckin tell me it is really coming out on thanksgiving

  7. On October 31, 2009 at 2:40 pm weezy.f.b. responded with...

    ohh damn come on for some fuckin’ skits this can not be serious, nobody listin to this shit

  8. On October 31, 2009 at 2:54 pm Zelos responded with...

    ^Stop asskissing and be REALISTIC. This is business; it’s ALL about making money. If you wanna be a Lil’ Wayne suck-up you should KNOW that his motivation is money as well. Same goes for 90% in the business, so this guy has got the FULL right to ask for his money this way.

  9. On October 31, 2009 at 3:02 pm wayne-numba-1-fan responded with...

    ain’t that a bitch the man did that just because wayne going to prison … because how he gonna sue him 4rm 2 and a half years ago that’s some bullshit

  10. On October 31, 2009 at 3:15 pm Veronica responded with...

    Where is the official No Ceilings mixtape? It’s HW now :(

  11. On October 31, 2009 at 3:29 pm Pez responded with...

    pfff, the judge better dismiss it with prejudice.

  12. On October 31, 2009 at 3:37 pm NewWhiz responded with...

    Fuckk Them,,Tehy Want YM/CM To Fall!!
    But They CAnt

  13. On October 31, 2009 at 3:48 pm WTF responded with...

    didnt u know that the official no ceilings will come out tomorrow with 8 new songs
    its mentioned in an early post
    and to this post just another motherfucker who wants to take an advantage from weezy

  14. On October 31, 2009 at 3:53 pm richii responded with...

    Damn, leave wayne alone for minute,..
    you should be happy that wayne wants to spit on your shit!

    (but okay, to be fair you deserve your money)

    *off subject*

    isnt this “No Ceilings” official??
    http://www.mininova.org/tor/3104493

  15. On October 31, 2009 at 4:00 pm ak_wayne responded with...

    fuck this pussy assn igga.. ahh my voice on this track .suck on a big long dick .fukin leave weezy alone.. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

  16. On October 31, 2009 at 4:01 pm ak_wayne responded with...

    and NO tht is not the official mixtape..thjts just random tracks put into the mixtape. NOFS are fucking retards

  17. On October 31, 2009 at 4:02 pm ak_wayne responded with...

    didnt mean to go hard RICHII .soz..

  18. On October 31, 2009 at 4:14 pm Rkind responded with...

    Are you serious? Those skits were the worst part of Like Father, Like Son. He doesn’t deserve any money.

  19. On October 31, 2009 at 4:16 pm What? responded with...

    Zelos Says:
    October 31st, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    ^Stop ass kissing and be REALISTIC. This is business; it’s ALL about making money. If you wanna be a Lil’ Wayne suck-up you should KNOW that his motivation is money as well. Same goes for 90% in the business, so this guy has got the FULL right to ask for his money this way.

    ^Truth^ Wayne goes hard, but come on you expect some dude to just do shit for free?

  20. On October 31, 2009 at 4:20 pm YMCM responded with...

    Zelos Says:
    October 31st, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    ^Stop asskissing and be REALISTIC. This is business; it’s ALL about making money. If you wanna be a Lil’ Wayne suck-up you should KNOW that his motivation is money as well. Same goes for 90% in the business, so this guy has got the FULL right to ask for his money this way.

    ^^ I understand what you mean by why would he bring it up now?? Like Father Like Son is pretty old.

  21. On October 31, 2009 at 4:20 pm richii responded with...

    AK_wayne

    No harm, i was just wondering?

    I’m Waiting for the official release myself

    I didnt hear ONE track of “No ceilings”

    IM waiting for the official release..

  22. On October 31, 2009 at 4:33 pm YUNG MUNY CASH MONY responded with...

    Fuck this shit, 8 NEW NO CEILINGS TRACKS COMING TOMORROW PEOPLE! Watch out, Lil Wayne domination tomorrow.

  23. On October 31, 2009 at 4:36 pm T.P. responded with...

    whateva. this dumbass just wants some money and to get his name out there and heard.

  24. On October 31, 2009 at 4:36 pm Yep! responded with...

    @ Zelos- My thoughts exactly!

    @ wayne-numba-one-fan- I must say though, it wouldn’t have took me 2 seconds, let alone over 2 years for me to request my stacks either. One must question Marasciullo’s true intentions.

    I’m just going to add this to keep it real, and alot of Wayne fans aren’t going to understand this but they have to agree that it’s true. People hate on Wayne and Baby PERIOD! 90% of you think I’m one of those people, but in all honesty, I have money TOO! Not as much as Wayne OR Baby, but I’m rich TOO. Feels good to say it, but you can’t take it with you when you go, so it doesn’t matter. I never hate on a black man or person making money. EVER! I got respect for Wayne’s lyricism, that’s all… nothing more. Not his clothes, his money, his bitches, his cars…just the lyrics. Because I don’t love or worship Lil Wayne, the way most of you choose to, you think that makes me a hater. So be it. Back to what I was saying though, people DO hate on Wayne and there are going to be people out there who are glad that he’s going to jail, because they think that it’s going to make people focus on someone else for a minute and when Wayne gets out he won’t be as successful. I know that’s not true. Wayne has so much music out that it won’t even feel like he’s gone, except for any music concerts and shows for the next 8 months to a year, maybe even less. If it weren’t for his money, he wouldn’t have gotten that plea deal, but New York is strict when it comes to that. Wayne’s fans and friends all wanna say “How could you arrest someone who’s done so much and is coming to your city to perform for his fans and kids and stuff?” Lol! But nobody’s taking to the time to think about the fact that he also disrespected the City of New York by bringing that bullshit there, when he knew he didn’t have to. Example: If you were a Wayne fan and invited Wayne to your party (at home) and he came over with a whole bunch of drugs and a gun, and syrup and shit, that could get you thrown in jail, and the cops come when the party gets too wild. When they come they find all that shit he brought with him, and threaten to take the person that owns the house, what would you do. Take the rap for some rapper that you like? Lol! Wake up ya’ll. Wayne doesn’t know or love you like that…he’s just a person that raps for his own personal gain. You have to look at things from both sides of the fence. Yep!

  25. On October 31, 2009 at 4:53 pm ak_wayne responded with...

    no1 wants to read tht Yep! get away from here u dumbass lecturer. Yeh RICHII .. we all waiting for the no ceilings………… look up bitch aint no ceilings.. see me at the top controlling things !!!!!!!!!!!!! ya digggg

  26. On October 31, 2009 at 4:58 pm jngl responded with...

    @ Yep!

    it’s pathetic that someone even have to say that. I always assumed those “LIL WAYNE IS A GOD” dudes where some twelve year-olds. But, apparently, they aren’t.

  27. On October 31, 2009 at 5:26 pm Zelos responded with...

    Woah, and here I was, thinking everyone who visited this website was a blinded Lil’ Wayne fanboy. Glad to see some people in here make some solid sense and actually use grammar and interpunction.

  28. On October 31, 2009 at 6:03 pm Ooohhh responded with...

    Lil Wayne lawsuits are never ending

  29. On October 31, 2009 at 7:51 pm D-WAYNE-C responded with...

    BBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I BLAME BIRDMAN SU WOOOP

  30. On October 31, 2009 at 9:43 pm weezy_faN_bRazil responded with...

    when tha fuk is the original no ceilings dropping lol?

  31. On October 31, 2009 at 10:05 pm T.P. responded with...

    @danny – hey bro, lil twist just twittered (twitted??) that no ceilings is dropping tonight on weareyoungmoney.com. I went to the site, and its the real site and pretty much says the same thing. just lettin u know in case you hadn’t heard yet… although im sure u have. haha.

  32. On October 31, 2009 at 10:25 pm alfady responded with...

    that guys a fuckin prick but smart. He knows waynes not gonna bother goin to court for that shit so he’s just gonna settle out of court. Money aint a thing motherfucker its the only thing….WEEZY

  33. On November 1, 2009 at 1:50 am madtssoo aka weezy responded with...

    this is some maddafacking bullshit!!!

  34. On November 1, 2009 at 1:53 am r3ady_DaWorld504 responded with...

    NO CEILINGS PLEASE!!! forget oh boy he wack 4 dat doe..

  35. On January 23, 2010 at 9:45 am Afton Wildner responded with...

    How a great deal of do I owe you for all the Perfect post.

  36. On August 6, 2010 at 4:14 pm trey responded with...

    that suite makes you look good with all those tatts on you

  37. On August 6, 2010 at 4:16 pm trey responded with...

    that suite makes you look good.you have some serious tattson your body im just a really big fan

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