T-Pain Is Suing His Former Boss Akon’s Company Konvict Entertainment

What T-Pain thought was a settled royalty dispute has made an unexpected comeback in court.

The singer is once again taking on Konvict Entertainment, the record label co-founded by Akon, accusing the company of failing to pay him nearly $489,000 in royalties tied to his music.

According to a new lawsuit filed in Fulton County Superior Court, T-Pain claims Konvict breached not only the recording agreement he signed with the company in 2005, but also the settlement that was supposed to put their long-running financial dispute to rest in 2025.

Interestingly, Akon himself is not named in the lawsuit. Konvict Entertainment is the sole defendant.

At the center of the latest dispute is more than $1.3 million that Konvict allegedly received from a distributor in late March. The payment reportedly covered record sales generated during the second half of 2025.

Under T-Pain’s agreement with the label, he says he is entitled to 75% of the net royalties Konvict collects from distributors.

Konvict did eventually send T-Pain a payment of $489,047 in early June. But according to the lawsuit, that was only part of what he was owed.

T-Pain claims another portion of the royalty money was redirected to Konvict affiliate BuVision. His representatives allegedly asked the company to recover the outstanding funds from BuVision, but those efforts reportedly went nowhere. BuVision has not been named as a defendant in the case.

After the money still wasn’t paid, T-Pain’s attorneys sent Konvict a formal notice accusing the company of violating their settlement agreement. The lawsuit alleges that Konvict failed to correct the issue even after receiving the notice.

And this isn’t the first time the singer and label have battled over his money.

T-Pain originally sued Konvict in 2018, claiming he had not been properly paid in connection with his fifth studio album, Oblivion. That case sought at least $400,000 over an allegedly unpaid advance, along with royalty accounting and other payments allegedly owed under his recording contract.

After nearly two decades of music, contracts, lawsuits and settlements, it appears T-Pain’s royalty saga with Konvict still has another verse to play.