New Orleans rapper Lil’ Wayne was hit with a $500,000 lawsuit filed in Miami Wednesday by his former manager.
According to the Miami Herald, White Tides Entertainment president Melissa Philipian claims that the Cash Money Records artist fired her last December because he was dissatisfied with the quality of a hotel room she had booked for him.
As a result, the 23-year-old M.C. refused to pay $500,000 in back commissions, according to Philipian's lawyer Richard Wolfe, who added that Lil Wayne also owes White Tides 15 percent of his earnings over the next two years under a three-year contract signed in June 2005.
"We're probably looking at damages in excess of $1 million," Wolfe told the Miami Herald. "Sometimes artists make it big, and they want to forget about the people who helped them get there."
According to the lawsuit, Lil Wayne's contract with White Tides only allows him to terminate the agreement in writing after one year of service for specified contract breaches. Wolfe noted that the quality of a hotel room does not qualify as a reason to end the contract, so Lil Wayne is liable to pay White Tides for the next two years.
The company booked at least 21 concerts for Wayne, arranged product and publicity deals and organized guest performances on other artists' videos and albums, the Herald reports.
According to the Miami Herald, White Tides Entertainment president Melissa Philipian claims that the Cash Money Records artist fired her last December because he was dissatisfied with the quality of a hotel room she had booked for him.
As a result, the 23-year-old M.C. refused to pay $500,000 in back commissions, according to Philipian's lawyer Richard Wolfe, who added that Lil Wayne also owes White Tides 15 percent of his earnings over the next two years under a three-year contract signed in June 2005.
"We're probably looking at damages in excess of $1 million," Wolfe told the Miami Herald. "Sometimes artists make it big, and they want to forget about the people who helped them get there."
According to the lawsuit, Lil Wayne's contract with White Tides only allows him to terminate the agreement in writing after one year of service for specified contract breaches. Wolfe noted that the quality of a hotel room does not qualify as a reason to end the contract, so Lil Wayne is liable to pay White Tides for the next two years.
The company booked at least 21 concerts for Wayne, arranged product and publicity deals and organized guest performances on other artists' videos and albums, the Herald reports.
