A royalty dispute T-Pain thought he settled last year has landed back in court. The singer is suing Konvict Entertainment, the record label Akon co-founded, claiming the company still owes him $489,047 in royalties it received for his music. The complaint was filed in Fulton County Superior Court, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. T-Pain alleges Konvict breached both the recording agreement he signed with the company in 2005 and the settlement that ended their previous lawsuit in 2025. Akon is not personally named as a defendant. Konvict Entertainment is the only defendant in the new case.
At issue is more than $1.3 million Konvict allegedly received from a distributor in late March for T-Pain record sales generated during the second half of 2025. Under his agreements with the label, T-Pain says he is entitled to 75 percent of the net royalties Konvict receives from distributors.
According to the lawsuit, Konvict paid T-Pain $489,047 in early June. He claims that represented only half of what he should have received because another portion of the royalty payment had gone to Konvict affiliate BuVision. T-Pain alleges Konvict directed his representatives to seek the remaining money from BuVision, but those attempts did not result in a payment. BuVision is not named as a defendant.
T-Pain’s attorneys later sent written notice accusing Konvict of failing to pay the outstanding amount required under their settlement. The lawsuit says the company did not resolve the alleged breach after receiving that notice.
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T-Pain And Konvict Already Spent Years Fighting Over Royalties
The new complaint revives a financial dispute dating back to the recording contract T-Pain signed early in his career. He joined Konvict in 2005 and released the records that made him one of the era's leading voices while working under the label.
Their relationship eventually made its way to Fulton County Superior Court in 2018. T-Pain sued Konvict over money he said he had not received in connection with his fifth studio album, Oblivion. The lawsuit sought at least $400,000 over an allegedly unpaid advance and also requested royalty accountings and payments under his recording agreement.
That case remained unresolved for years as the parties went through mediation. Konvict denied liability but ultimately agreed to pay T-Pain $114,000 under a 2025 settlement, according to court records reviewed by the AJC. The agreement covered royalties collected through the end of 2024.
The disputed money now falls outside that period. T-Pain says the $1.3 million payment Konvict received in March was connected to sales from the latter half of 2025. He also told the court that he received separate royalties directly from the distributor for Freaknik: The Musical. Further, the lawsuit places Akon alongside another legal fight involving the label that helped launch T-Pain’s career, but it does not accuse him personally of withholding the money. The allegations target Konvict Entertainment and its obligations under agreements with T-Pain.
