T-Pain’s back in court fighting Akon’s label for nearly half a million dollars in unpaid royalties from a settlement that apparently didn’t hold up.
T-Pain is back in court against the label that once saved his career, and this time the stakes are about a settlement that apparently didn’t stick.
The Atlanta rapper filed suit against Konvict Entertainment on Friday, claiming the company owes him nearly half a million dollars in royalties that should’ve been paid out months ago.
According to the AJC, the $489,047 dispute stems from a $1.3 million payment the label received from a distributor at the end of March, money that T-Pain says he’s entitled to under his original 2005 recording deal.
This isn’t T-Pain’s first rodeo with Akon’s label.
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He sued them back in 2018, and they settled that case in 2025. But now T-Pain’s alleging that Konvict Entertainment is in breach of both that settlement agreement and the original contract from over two decades ago.
The label’s apparently been holding onto his money instead of cutting him a check, and T-Pain’s had enough of waiting around.
The backstory makes this even more complicated.
Back in 2005, T-Pain was broke and desperate. He turned down $900,000 signing bonuses from major labels like Interscope to take a $20,000 deal with Akon’s Konvict Muzik.
He believed in the vision, believed in Akon, and sacrificed serious money to build something together.
He even wrote “I’m Sprung” for Akon first, but Akon rejected the track. T-Pain ended up recording it himself and it became a massive hit.
Now, over twenty years later, T-Pain’s still fighting to get paid what he’s owed.
The lawsuit was filed in Fulton County Superior Court, and it’s the second time he’s had to sue the label.
This pattern of unpaid royalties has followed T-Pain across multiple deals and entities, but the Konvict situation cuts deeper because of the history and the sacrifice he made early on.
According to the AJC, T-Pain claims the label failed to honor the terms they agreed to, and he’s seeking the full amount owed.
Konvict Entertainment has not yet responded to the lawsuit or the allegations.