T-Pain has returned to court against Akon’s Konvict Entertainment, alleging the label still owes him $489,047 in royalties despite a settlement reached last year.
T-Pain, whose real name is Faheem Rashad Najm, filed a new lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court accusing Konvict Entertainment of breaching both his 2005 recording agreement and a 2025 settlement. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the dispute centers on $489,047 that the Grammy-winning artist says remains unpaid from royalties tied to recent record sales.
The complaint alleges Konvict received $1,304,127 from a distributor in late March for sales generated during the second half of 2025. T-Pain says his agreements entitle him to 75 percent of the net royalties Konvict receives from distributors, while he separately received royalties directly from the distributor for his project Freaknik: The Musical.
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. 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 Konvict directed his representatives to pursue the outstanding money from BuVision, but those efforts did not produce a payment. His attorneys later notified Konvict that it had failed to pay the balance, and the complaint alleges the company did not cure the claimed breach after receiving written notice.
The case follows an earlier legal fight 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 along with 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 makes this the second time T-Pain has taken Konvict to court over money he says is due under their long-running recording relationship. Konvict Entertainment and T-Pain’s attorneys had not responded to the AJC’s requests for comment on the new lawsuit as of the outlet’s report.
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