T-Pain is taking Akon’s Konvict Entertainment back to court, claiming the label owes him $489,047 in royalties.
The entertainer, whose real name is Faheem Rasheed Najm, filed the lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court. He alleges that Konvict violated his 2005 recording agreement and a 2025 settlement.
Akon is not named as a defendant in the case. Instead, the complaint targets the label over royalties tied to recordings sold during late 2025.
According to the lawsuit, Konvict received more than $1.3 million from a distributor in late March. T-Pain says his agreement entitles him to 75 percent of Konvict’s net royalties.
Konvict subsequently paid T-Pain $489,047 in early June. The singer claims the payment covered only half of what he was owed.
The remaining money allegedly became tangled in a payment involving BuVision, a Konvict affiliate. T-Pain says Konvict directed representatives to pursue the outstanding royalties from BuVision.
T-Pain Files Another Lawsuit Against Akon’s Konvict Entertainment For Unpaid Royalties
Those efforts allegedly failed to recover the balance. T-Pain’s attorneys then notified Konvict that the company had breached its contractual obligations.
The lawsuit claims Konvict failed to remedy the alleged breach after receiving written notice.
The dispute traces back to T-Pain’s 2005 signing with Konvict. He previously sued the label over royalty and payment issues connected to their recording agreement.
The parties eventually entered mediation and reached a $114,000 settlement in 2025. That agreement covered royalties collected through the end of 2024.
The latest lawsuit concerns royalties generated during the second half of 2025. It marks another chapter in a business relationship that helped launch T-Pain’s career.
The legal fight arrives as T-Pain remains deeply engaged with music’s evolving landscape. Pharrell Williams recently challenged the hitmaker to “save R&B.”
The “I’m Sprung” hitmaker helped redefine mainstream R&B and hip-hop during the 2000s. His pioneering use of Auto-Tune became one of the era’s defining sounds.
Now, the entertainer is once again fighting over the financial terms behind his catalog.
The lawsuit does not establish that Konvict owes Pain the disputed $489,047. The allegations remain unproven, and Konvict has an opportunity to respond in court.
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