Producer on Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter III’ Sues UMG, Saying He’s Owed $3M in Royalties

Producer on Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter III’ Sues UMG, Saying He’s Owed $3M in Royalties

A producer on Lil Wayne’s hit 2008 album Tha Carter III has sued Universal Music Group (UMG) over claims that he’s owed more than 10 years’ worth of royalties totaling more than $3 million. UMG was hit with the federal lawsuit on Thursday (May 22) over Darius “Deezle” Harrison’s production work on Tha Carter III, which spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2008. Harrison’s attorney says the producer worked on six tracks for th…