A federal magistrate ordered rapper Lil Wayne to turn over financial records on Wednesday (March 18) related to his double platinum album, Tha Carter III, to a music publisher accusing him of copyright infringement.

According to the Associated Press, U.S. Magistrate Daniel Knowles III in New Orleans ruled that Urband & Lazar, which published the song "Once," is entitled to review records about the sale of Tha Carter III. The order stems from a lawsuit filed in May 2008 over Weezy's track "I Feel Like Dying," which samples arma-Ann Swanepoel's song "Once".

In the lawsuit, UrbandK & Lazar claims Wayne "has neither given his notice of his intent to obtain a compulsory license nor negotiated a mechanical license" to use the singer's voice in the chorus of his track.

"Negotiations are generally treated as confidential, but I will say that Lil Wayne's label was offering an unreasonably small percentage of the song given how prominently Karma's song is featured in his song," Melvin Albritton, the attorney representing Karma and her company, told BallerStatus.com in a statement. "Karma wasn't asking for much, just a fair share. "

While "I Feel Like Dying" wasn't including on Tha Carter III, a lawyer for Urband & Lazar Music Publishing said the rapper promoted the album by singing that song in concert and allowing fans to download it for free on his website.

In court papers, Weezy's lawyers said Swanepoel made several unsuccessful requests to appear in a music video for "I Feel Like Dying" or to perform alongside the rapper.

Albritton claimed that plans to include "I Feel Like Dying" on Tha Carter III were scrapped after the lawsuit was filed.

He did, however, acknowledge that Lil Wayne didn't directly profit from "I Feel Like Dying," but claims he helped launch his album successfully. "It's more akin to promotional material," he said. "He used the infringing work to promote himself."

Weezy's attorney, Shantell Payton, said that the rapper doesn't control the website where fans downloaded the song, and also denied that it helped Lil Wayne promote his album.

"Quite simply, 'I Feel Like Dying' did nothing for Mr. Carter's career," Lil Wayne's lawyers wrote in court papers.