American singer and rapper T-Pain has sued Akon’s record label, Konvict Entertainment, over an alleged $489,047 royalty dispute.
T-Pain, whose real name is Faheem Najm, filed the lawsuit at the Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia on September 4, according to court documents.
The dispute involves a $1.3 million royalty payment. Konvict Entertainment allegedly received the money from a distributor in March 2026.
The payment covered sales from T-Pain’s music during the second half of 2025.
According to the lawsuit, T-Pain’s 2005 recording agreement gives him 75 per cent of the net royalties Konvict receives from distributors.
T-Pain Claims He Was Underpaid
T-Pain says Konvict paid him $489,047 in June.
However, he claims the payment covered only half of the money he was entitled to receive.
The singer says Konvict transferred the remaining amount to BuVision, an affiliate label that is not named as a defendant in the case.
T-Pain says his representatives contacted BuVision to recover the outstanding royalties. However, those efforts did not lead to payment.
He now accuses Konvict Entertainment of breaching his original recording agreement. He also claims the label breached a settlement reached between both parties in 2025.
T-Pain Has Sued Konvict Before
The latest case is the singer’s second legal dispute with Konvict over royalties.
T-Pain first sued the label in 2018. He accused the company of withholding royalties and other payments linked to his music.
The dispute ended in 2025. Konvict agreed to pay T-Pain $114,000 without admitting liability.
T-Pain has also told the court that he received separate royalty payments directly from the distributor for Freaknik: The Musical.
The latest lawsuit has now reopened the royalty dispute between the singer and Akon’s label.
