More money, more problems for Lil Wayne as he settles his second lawsuit in a little over a month.  According to reports from TMZ, producer David Kirkwood filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against Cash Money Records and Young Money Entertainment in 2011, claiming they owed him production royalities from 2008 "Tha Carter III" track, "Love Me or Hate Me."

Initially, Wayne dismissed the claims, refusing to shell out the amount asked; but after deliberations between both parties, Cash Money/Young Money settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.  While Wayne may be able to breathe easy, it isn't the first time Mr. Carter has had trouble with disgruntled producers.
 
Back in April, the rapper was hit with a $20 million lawsuit from producer Deezle, who sued for production royalties on a number of songs on "Tha Carter IIi," including Wayne's Hot 100 No. 1, "Lollipop." Lil Wayne dismissed those claims as well, but eventually settled out of court for a similarly undisclosed amount.

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Lil Wayne has settled a $1.5 million lawsuit with a producer who accused the rapper of failing to pay him for work on his 2008 album Tha Carter III. David Kirkwood launched a legal battle against the hitmaker and bosses at Cash Money Records and Young Money Entertainment last year, alleging he was still owed royalties from the track Love Me or Hate Me.

But the How to Love hitmaker and his lawyers finally reached an agreement with Kirkwood this week and together they settled the case out of court, according to TMZ. This marks the second suit he has resolved in recent weeks - Lil Wayne reached a confidential settlement with Grammy winner Darius Harrison in April after he claimed he was owed money for contributions to the same album.

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With Mother’s Day right around the corner, Trey Songz and his mom April Tucker called into Power 99’s Morning Show on Friday. The radio hosts grilled Mama Songz on her famous son’s nicknames and got her thoughts on Kelly Rowland, who appeared in Trey’s “Heart Attack” video.

“He’s a mama’s boy, but he’s his own man at the same time,” said April. “I think that’s the best combination. He has great reverence and respect for me, but he still comes home and lays his head across my lap when it’s time to watch TV.”

She also revealed one of Trey’s more embarrassing nicknames. “I call him my Maxi Me ’cause he looks a lot like me.”His on-screen co-star Kelly Rowland gets mom’s seal of approval. “I think they look very cute,” said April. “I was on set and she’s very sweet and they have amazing chemistry in front of the camera, but they’re good friends. I like her though, she’s a sweetheart.”

Trey’s new album Chapter 5 is due out mid-summer featuring some big names. “I got a record with Tip on there ['2 Reasons'],” said Trigga. “Shout out to [Lil] Wayne, Big Sean, J. Cole, Kelly Rowland as well. A lot of great features thus far and I’m still recording.

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It's been six years since Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana originally announced plans to record a collaboration album, but the two MCs haven't given up on the project just yet. A few songs have from I Can't Feel My Face have already leaked to the web, but when MTV News caught up with Juelz Santana at Meek Mill's 25th birthday bash in Philadelphia, he seemed confident that the album would drop in its entirety... at some point.

"When Wayne reached out to me at the time I just wasn't in the position to really do things the right way," Santana told MTV News. During an interview with MTV's "Hip Hop POV" host Amanda Seales, Wayne revealed that when he was released from prison in 2010, he hoped he and his buddy Elz could begin new recording sessions for the storied album, but after a January 2011 raid on Santana's New Jersey studio left him unable to work, Weezy repurposed the beats that intended for Facefor his upcomingI Am Not a Human Being II. "At the time my studio had just got shut down, I lost a lot of music so I just had to recuperate," Elz explained to MTV News. "But I reached out to Weezy, we in a good space."

I Can't Feel My Face isn't the only Juelz project that fans have been clamoring for. It's been seven years since his last solo album, What the Game's Been Missing! and considering it earned him an RIAA-certified gold plaque, the wait for Juelz's next LP Born to Lose, Built to Win is quite the head scratcher. But the rapper assured that he'll have an album out by the end of the year.

"I'll probably drop two mixtapes before the album and we gonna get everything right, we gonna get everything back in the proper perspective where it need to be," he told MTV News. "When I put out my music it will be well worth the wait, that's all I can say."

And in case you were wondering about the status of Diplomatic Immunity 3, the long-awaited reunion album with Cam'ron, Jim Jones, Juelz and Freekey Zekey, that idea is still on the table. "Hopefully we gonna get that Diplomat album poppin'," Santana plugged. "We just want to do that the right way."

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Juelz Santana expresses that Lil Wayne ‘I Can’t Feel My Face’ collaboration album is still set to release.
After Lil Wayne recently announced that the highly anticipated ‘I Can’t Feel My Face‘ collaboration album with Juelz Santana was not going to drop, Juelz sits down with BET to announce that the album is in fact still a green light.

“I spoke to Wayne recently, before the interview and right after the interview, we gon get it,” Santana explained to BET.com. “I guess at the time it’s like he said he moved on, people making it seem like he moved on and he was saying that he was never going to do the I Can’t Feel My Face. We spoke about that, to make a long story short we definitely going to get back into that.”

Lil Wayne had expressed that the 5 year plus delay on the project had come from Juelz Santana’s recent legal issues, and the Dipset rapper confirmed this was in fact the reason for the recording delays stating that Weezy was looking to work on the project right when he got out of jail.

“He did reach out to me when he came home ‘like yo I think we need to capitalize on the album,” Juelz said. “At the time my studio had got raided by police so you know it was kind of a real tight situation for me. I was used to doing things one way and I couldn’t really do it that way. This was the studio I had for five years. I had a lot of music that was lost in the process so it was just a down time for me.”

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After Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat his opponent Miguel Cotto last night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas to take the WBA light-middleweight title, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent and Justin Bieber all made their way in to the ring to congratulate him on his win and undefeated record. Fiddy and Weezy also had a little conversation face-to-face, which is actually the first time they have both met since 50 started beef with Tune a few years ago.

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After shooting his parts for his cameo in the “Take It To The Head” music video in L.A., Birdman spoke with Sway from MTV about Lil Wayne signing a new four-album deal with Cash Money Records and what Tunechi is to YMCMB. Baby says that the type of deal they agreed on has never been done in urban music before and it is probably the biggest deal ever in urban music! Even though the #1 Stunna wouldn’t confirm the exact figures in the new contract, rumors have circulated online that it was for around $150 million.

After the jump, you can watch some more footage of 2 Chainz and Weezy performing at King Of Diamonds in Miami last week. They both performed “Duffle Bag Boy” and then Tune rocks out to Tity Boi performing his own records such as “Spend It“.

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It seems like we've been talking about a Lil Wayne/ Juelz Santana collabo album forever. But when the much-ballyhooed I Can't Feel My Face will actually drop is anyone's guess. While Weezy's 2010 jail stint definitely postponed the project, now Tunechi says when he got home, he reached out to his Dipset buddy to finally put their plans in motion.

"I actually got at Elz when I got out and told him, 'Man, I think it's time we really capitalize on that,' " Wayne recalled to Amanda Seales of MTV's "Hip Hop POV" in an outtake from last week's episode.

It's more than six years in the making, but for a time, I Can't Feel My Face was one of rap's most-anticipated projects. Now that Weezy has put his legal troubles behind him, it's Santana who's facing drama after his New Jersey recording studio was raided in January 2011.

"He can't work how he wants to work because they shut down his studio," Wayne explained. "I sent him some music and he didn't send them back in the time-fashion that I work."

Never one to remain idle, Tunechi took the songs that he had set aside for the joint album and repurposed them for his upcoming I Am Not a Human Being II solo LP. "I started putting extra verses on those songs and I've moved on," he confirmed. "Now what probably would've been I Can't Feel My Face, has now turned into I Am Not a Human Being."

During a June 2011 interview on "RapFix Live," Juelz gave his own reasoning for the delay. "It wasn't no one reason it didn't happen. Me and Wayne always was on the same page, musically, as far as friendship-wise," he said. "I'm just happy we didn't let that get in the way of us being cool, being able to do things in the future; we ain't let it get to us."

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It seems like we've been talking about a Lil Wayne/ Juelz Santana collabo album forever. But when the much-ballyhooed I Can't Feel My Face will actually drop is anyone's guess. While Weezy's 2010 jail stint definitely postponed the project, now Tunechi says when he got home, he reached out to his Dipset buddy to finally put their plans in motion.

"I actually got at Elz when I got out and told him, 'Man, I think it's time we really capitalize on that,' " Wayne recalled to Amanda Seales of MTV's "Hip Hop POV" in an outtake from last week's episode.

It's more than six years in the making, but for a time, I Can't Feel My Face was one of rap's most-anticipated projects. Now that Weezy has put his legal troubles behind him, it's Santana who's facing drama after his New Jersey recording studio was raided in January 2011.

"He can't work how he wants to work because they shut down his studio," Wayne explained. "I sent him some music and he didn't send them back in the time-fashion that I work."

Never one to remain idle, Tunechi took the songs that he had set aside for the joint album and repurposed them for his upcoming I Am Not a Human Being II solo LP. "I started putting extra verses on those songs and I've moved on," he confirmed. "Now what probably would've been I Can't Feel My Face, has now turned into I Am Not a Human Being."

During a June 2011 interview on "RapFix Live," Juelz gave his own reasoning for the delay. "It wasn't no one reason it didn't happen. Me and Wayne always was on the same page, musically, as far as friendship-wise," he said. "I'm just happy we didn't let that get in the way of us being cool, being able to do things in the future; we ain't let it get to us."

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Lil Wayne took some time out of his busy schedule over the weekend to coach kids during the Celebrity Court of Dreams event in Miami.

The Young Money rapper was at the American Airlines Arena in Miami with a handful of other stars to allow seventh and eight graders to show off their talent on the court while teaching a “patience and respect for authority and each other,” reports the Miami New Times.

Weezy also spoke to the kids at the event. “Whatever dream you have, don’t quit,” he told the crowd. “Don’t let anyone try and stop you.”Lil Wayne then coached a team known as the YMCMB All Stars against the South Beach All Stars, which were coached by Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie. Rapper Bow Wow also make a guest appearance, joining the South Beach All Stars. The team beat YMCMB by one point.

Michael Lipman, a sponsor of the event, spoke more about what the goals of the occasion. “We want to teach these kids to make healthy choices in life,” he said. “To start with – eating healthy, doing well in school and respecting family and authority.”

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