T-Pain Files Second Royalties Lawsuit Against Akon's Konvict
The filing says Konvict Entertainment owes T-Pain about $489,047 after a $1.3 million royalty payout and follows an earlier settlement.
- On September 4, T-Pain filed a lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court claiming Konvict Entertainment owes him approximately $489,047 in unpaid royalties from a $1.3 million Zomba Recordings payment issued on March 30, 2026.
- T-Pain and Akon collaborated for 12 years under the Konvict Muzik label, but the current suit follows a 2025 settlement for $114,000 that T-Pain alleges Konvict Entertainment breached.
- According to an 80-page filing, T-Pain made multiple settlement attempts including contacting BuVision, the indie label operated by Abou Thiam, who is music executive Akon's younger brother.
- After unsuccessful efforts to reach Thiam in June 2026, T-Pain put the lawsuit in motion, including the original contractual agreement to support his claim for royalties owed on his first four albums.
- While the legal dispute proceeds, the professional breakdown between the former collaborators limits future artistic projects, marking a stark departure from their 20 years of shared history in hip-hop.
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T-Pain files lawsuit against Akon’s label over unpaid royalties
Singer and rapper T-Pain has filed a lawsuit against his former boss Akon’s Konvict Muzik record label over unpaid royalties for his songs. T-Pain, whose real name is Faheem Rashad Najm, was previously signed to Konvict Muzik. After joining the label in 2005, the 41-year-old went ahead to release hit songs including I’m Sprung, Buy...
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T-Pain, the American singer, has sued Konvict Entertainment, Akon’s record label, over alleged unpaid royalties of $489,047 from his music catalogue. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution obtained court documents showing that the Grammy winner filed the lawsuit against his former label. T-Pain, whose real name is Faheem Najm, claims Konvict owes him royalties from his recordings. The...
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T-Pain has sued Akon’s Konvict Entertainment in a royalties dispute. He claims he should get 75% of the $1.3 million Sony recently sent through from the sales and streams of his first five albums, but half that money went to a label run by Akon’s brother which hasn’t paid him his share
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