Published: Monday - June 9, 2008
Words by Miles Bennett
Lil Wayne (Photo: Cash Money Records)
After DJs became outraged over "f*** mixtape DJ" comments by Lil Wayne last week, following by his apology, talk of Weezy leaked material has been the topic of much discussion.
However, Cash Money Records' label boss, Ronald "Slim" Williams, isn't worried about it, and plans to take no legal action.
This comes after DJ Empire was outted by Weezy for releasing a slew of un-authorized material, and DJ Chuck T taking responsibility for the early leak of Wayne's new album, Tha Carter III.
"It'll cost more for me to sue him and it's not worth it," Williams told Billboard.com, regarding Empire's popular The Drought Is Over mixtape series.
Although the Cash Money isn't planning any action, they admit that the leak of unreleased material is "frustrating," so they are now negotiating with Empire.
"Wayne has spoken to him, so I don't know what's going on with that," explained Williams. "I think Empire said he has more music to put out. Most DJs are just local, so they're not making that much money anyway."
Despite leaks, the label isn't concerned with it affecting sales of Tha Carter III, which hits stores on Tuesday (June 10).
Instead, they are expecting sales of more than a million, a number not normal in today's music climate.
"People will still buy the record. I've been telling Universal that I don't want nothing under 1 million sold in the first week. We're shipping like 1.6 million copies, but if it comes in under, I ain't complaining," Williams tells Billboard.com.
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