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T-Pain Sues Akon’s Konvict Entertainment Over $489,047 Unpaid Royalties
American singer T-Pain has sued Akon’s Konvict Entertainment again, alleging that the record label still owes him $489,047 in royalties, despite a settlement reached between both parties last year. T-Pain, whose real name is Faheem Rashad Najm, filed a new lawsuit at the Fulton County Superior Court, accusing Konvict Entertainment……
September 9, 2026 5:53 PM GMT+1
American singer T-Pain has sued Akon’s Konvict Entertainment again, alleging that the record label still owes him $489,047 in royalties, despite a settlement reached between both parties last year.
T-Pain, whose real name is Faheem Rashad Najm, filed a new lawsuit at the Fulton County Superior Court, accusing Konvict Entertainment of breaching both his 2005 recording agreement and the 2025 settlement. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the dispute centres on royalties the singer says remain unpaid from recent record sales.
The complaint alleges that Konvict Entertainment received $1.304 million from a distributor in late March for sales generated during the second half of 2025. T-Pain claims his agreements entitle him to 75 per cent of the net royalties received by Konvict from distributors.
According to the lawsuit, half of the March royalties received by Konvict were paid to affiliate label BuVision, which is not named as a defendant in the case. Konvict then paid T-Pain $489,047 in early June, an amount he says represented only half of what he was owed, while the remaining portion was held by the affiliate.
T-Pain alleges that Konvict directed his representatives to pursue the outstanding money from BuVision, but those efforts did not result in a payment. His attorneys later notified Konvict that it had failed to pay the balance, and the complaint alleges that the company did not cure the claimed breach after receiving written notice.
The singer also received royalties directly from the distributor for his project, Freaknik: The Musical, which was separate from the amount he says Konvict owes him.
The latest case follows an earlier legal dispute between T-Pain and the label co-founded by Akon. In 2018, T-Pain sued Konvict over payments connected to his fifth studio album, Oblivion, seeking at least $400,000 as well as royalty accountings.
After years of mediation, Konvict denied liability but agreed to pay $114,000 in a 2025 settlement, covering royalties collected through the end of 2024.
The latest filing marks the second time T-Pain has taken Konvict Entertainment to court over money he says is owed under their long-running recording relationship.
