Cash Money co-founder indicted in plot to kill Lil’ Wayne
20th July 2015 · 0 Comments
An Atlanta television station reported payday loan bad check last week that Cobb County. Georgia officials issued an indictment in June alleging that Cash Money co-founder Bryan “Baby” Williams, who raps under the moniker Birdman, and rapper Young Thug conspired with a third man, Jimmy Winfrey, to kill New Orleans-born rapper Lil’ Wayne.
According to WST-TV in Atlanta, the An Atlanta television station reported last week that Cobb County. Georgia officials issued an indictment in June alleging that Cash Money co-founder Bryan “Baby” Williams, who raps under the moniker Birdman, and rapper Young Thug conspired with a third man, Jimmy Winfrey, to kill New Orleans-born rapper Lil’ Wayne.
According to WST-TV in Atlanta, the indictment overdraft loans alleges that the attempted murder plot took place on April 26 when shots were fired at two tour buses, one of which Lil’ Wayne was riding on. It goes onto say that the shooting incident occurred on Interstate 285 in Atlanta after the rapper performed at an ATL nightclub called Compound. Shots were fired after a police escort had departed.
The indictment also alleges that Bryan “Baby Williams, Jimmy Winfrey and Young Thug (born Jeffrey Williams) are all members of the Bloods street gang and noted that there appears to have been some bad blood between Lil’ Wayne and Young Thug.
The indictment said that on the same day that the two tour buses payday loan direct lender no teletrack were shot at in Atlanta, Young Thug was heckled off a stage by Lil’ Wayne fans while he was performing in New Orleans.
The rift between Lil’ Wayne and Bryan Williams, who the rapper oftentimes referred to as his “Daddy,” became apparent in January when the rapper tweeted that he was being held “prisoner” by Cash Money Records. Lil’ Wayne filed a $51 million lawsuit against Williams and Cash Money, claiming the label had failed topsy him what it owed him and deliberately delayed the release of his CD Tha Carter V.
Earlier this year, Miami police responded to calls reporting shots fired at Lil’ Wayne’s home, only to online loans vancouver find that the reports were hoax.
A photo showing Lil’ Wayne and Baby sharing a kiss caused a sensation in the world of hip hop but eventually sizzled out. Williams is reportedly the godfather of Lil’ Wayne’s teenage daughter who lives in Atlanta with her mother.
Cash Money Records was founded in New Orleans in the early 1990s and signed a national deal with Universal Records in 1997. The uptown New Orleans-based label launched the careers of Lil’ Wayne and BG, who later grouped with Turk and Juvenile to form gangsta rap sensation the Hot Boyz.
Rapper BG later left the label, accusing Cash Money of not paying pay day loans companies him what was owed to him, and is now serving jail time on unrelated charges. Juvenile also left the label but recently inked a new deal with Cash Money..
Despite moving to Miami, Bryan Williams maintains his New Orleans roots and returns to the Crescent City every November for a Thanksgiving turkey giveaway.
Lil’ Wayne recently announced plans to reunite the Hot Boyz for a late August concert in Champions Square as New Orleans commemorates the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
At press time, there was no indication that the recent indictment would affect the upcoming concert.
This article originally published in the July 20, 2015 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.