Lil Wayne Claims He Owes His Lawyers Nothing

Lil Wayne sued by the attorneys who represented him during Signature Jets lawsuit.

Lil Wayne has filed a response in the lawsuit over unpaid fees from the lawyers who represented him against Signature Jets, Bossip reports.
In documents that were filed January 22, the New Orleans rapper claims that he paid Miami firm Garbett, Allen & Roza P.A. what they were owed. He says they overcharged him and he does not owe them any more money.
"Plaintiff’s claims are barred…in light of the fact that among other things, the amount alleged to be owed exceeds the fair, equitable, and/or reasonable value of goods and/or services received," Lil Wayne says in the defense documents.
The law firm sued the rapper in October, claiming he owes them more than $80,000 for their work representing him in his case against Signature Jets. Lil Wayne owes the private jet company $2 million after he lost the suit.
Lil Wayne was also sued by a lawyer who helped him file his case against Birdman and Cash Money. The member of Michael B. Kramer & Associates dropped the suit.
(This story was first published on October 19, 2015 and is as follows.)
In addition to having to pay Signature Jets after losing a lawsuit filed by the private jet company, it appears that Lil Wayne may also have to pay added money to the lawyers who represented him during the case.
TMZ reports that the lawyers who represented the New Orleans, Louisiana rapper, Garbett, Allen & Roza, have filed a lawsuit against Wayne for unpaid fees.
Lil Wayne reportedly still owes his lawyers over $80,000.
“Wayne's counselors say they've already applied the $12,000 retainer he paid when he hired them back in Aug 2014, but he still owes $80,682.45,” TMZ reports.
The rapper lost his case against Signature Jets several weeks ago. As a result of the loss, he’ll have to dish out $2 million to the company.

Jon Connor Talks Motive Behind “Fresh Water For Flint”

"I was talking to Michael Moore and he said he was interested in doing a benefit concert,” the Aftermath Entertainment artist says, "so we’ll see."

Jon Connor has addressed the motive behind his “Fresh Water For Flint” song.

“The song is basically about the situation going on that nobody sees,” the Aftermath Entertainment artist says during an interview with XXL. “I lived in Flint up until two, three years ago, so being in California and seeing the way it’s being portrayed on the news, seeing the deterioration of my city, its all that frustration and emotion. I feel like I’m the voice of Flint, so I’m just trying to verbalize how all the natives feel.”

Flint, Michigan’s water supply has been contaminated with lead after the city’s water source was switched in 2014 from Lake Huron to the Flint River. The change from a clean source to one that was polluted resulted in the water crisis in Flint. 

The Game, Puff Daddy, Big Sean, Meek Mill and other rap acts have pledged to help by donating water and money to help the city’s residents. 

Connor, who was at his mother’s house in Flint at the time of the interview, says he’s working on staging an event to help Flint.

“I’m just trying to make all the dots connect of people I know in the industry who’ve reached out to me,” Connor says. “Kelly Price has reached out. I was talking to Michael Moore and he said he was interested in doing a benefit concert so we’ll see. I think we’re just trying to figure out how we can put all of our resources together for this one cause and one goal.”

Rihanna’s ‘ANTI’ Goes Platinum In About A Day

Rihanna just accomplished something most thought only Adele and Taylor Swift were still capable of.
Her new album, ANTI, has gone platinum (one million) in roughly a day.
However, there’s a mighty big catch.
Almost all of those million albums were download for free, as part of Rihanna’s $25 million sponsorship deal with Samsung. Wednesday, Rih-Rih tweeted a download code for the album to her 55 million followers on Twitter that includes a 60-day free trial for Tidal.
The ploy also (temporarily) ups the number of Tidal’s subscribers by a million.
It’s similar to the deal Samsung had with Jay Z for 2013’s Magna Carta Holy Grail, minus the Tidal tie in.
While the RIAA has already declared ANTI platinum, Billboard and other chart services won’t use the free albums in their counts.
When it comes to purchased albums, Hits Daily Double reports ANTI is trending behind Rihanna’s last few albums, which averaged about 200K in first week sales.
Have you heard ANTI yet? If so, what do you think?

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Dad arrested for taking daughter’s phone as punishment

When Ronald Jackson found a text he thought was rude and inappropriate on his then-12-year-old daughter’s phone in September 2013, he took the cell away. But the child’s mother, Michelle Steppe, got mad at his action and she called the police.

 

WFAA reported that the 36-year-old, who hails from Grande Prairie, Texas, had been charged with theft of property of at least $50 but under $500 after confiscating his daughter’s iPhone 4 when he found an inappropriate text in September 2013.

Shortly thereafter, Jackson recieved a citation for the “theft,” a Class C misdemeanor. Jackson was then offered a plea deal in January 2014 if he returned the phone, attained legal representation, and requested a jury trial.

That’s when the city attorney’s office refiled the case with a harsher offense, a Class B misdemeanor, punishable to up to six months in jail and a $2,000 fine.

After a warrant was placed on him, Jackson was arrested and taken into custody in April 2015, but managed to post the $1,500 bail to avoid incarceration during his trial.

Eventually, the judge ordered for Jackson to be found not guilty, citing insufficient evidence to continue the case.

Jackson described the ordeal to CBSDFW:

“I was being a parent. You know, a child does something wrong, you teach them what’s right. You tell them what they did wrong and you give them a punishment to show that they shouldn’t be doing that.”

The teen’s mother, Michelle Steppe, told the court on Monday that she called police the day that Jackson took the phone, and that they went to Jackson’s home and asked for the iPhone back, but Jackson refused.

Jackson defended his actions to WFFA:

“At that point, I decided the police don’t interfere with my ability to parent my daughter.”

But Steppe felt she was justified, as she told WFAA:

“You can’t take someone’s property, regardless if you’re a parent or not.”

Jackson reportedly was not a part of his daughter’s life until she was seven years old, but following the incident, he told CBSDFW that he “can’t ever have a relationship with them again.”

He was offered a plea deal in January 2014 if he would return the phone. Instead, Jackson hired an attorney and requested a jury trial.

The case moved to Dallas County and, unbeknownst to Jackson, a warrant was issued for his arrest. The police showed up at his door around 2 a.m. in April 2015, and Jackson was handcuffed and taken to jail.

“It made no sense to me for them to show up and make a big deal out of something that was a small thing,” Jackson said. “I couldn’t believe they would go to this extent for a cellphone. It didn’t seem right.” He posted $1,500 bail and was released after a night in jail.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” John Cook, one of Jackson’s defense attorneys, told KHOU Wednesday. “You would think we were on the Jerry Springer Show.”

After just a two-day trial in which Jackson’s daughter, now 15, testified Dallas County Criminal Court Judge Lisa Green ordered the jury to find Jackson not guilty, citing insufficient evidence to prove a theft charge.

Steppe disagrees with the verdict. “Even if you purchase something with your own money and have a receipt, it’s not yours,” she said. “Someone can take it from you.”

He is now filing a Federal complaint of civil rights violation due to the way he was treated by police and the city attorney’s office. WFAA reports that Michelle Steppe’s fiance is an officer with the Grande Prairie police force.

Economist magazine calls Goodluck Jonathan an ineffectual buffoon in new article

Imagine them calling a former African president an ineffectual buffoon! In an article titled 'Crude Tactics', Economist magazine described former president Jonathan as an ineffectual buffoon. How disrespectful! The article reads in part;

"In the eight months since Mr Buhari arrived at Aso Rock, the presidential digs, the homicidal jihadists of Boko Haram have been pushed back into the bush along Nigeria’s borders. The government has cracked down on corruption, which had flourished under the previous president, Goodluck Jonathan, an ineffectual buffoon who let politicians and their cronies fill their pockets with impunity. Lai Mohammed, a minister, reckons that just 55 people stole $6.8 billion from the public purse over seven recent years."- Read the full article here