American rapper and singer T-Pain has filed a second lawsuit against Konvict Entertainment, the record label co-founded by singer Akon , alleging that it owes him $489,047.76 in unpaid royalties. Filed in Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia on September 4, 2026, the lawsuit concerns royalties from music sales during the second half of 2025. T-Pain, whose legal name is Faheem Rashad Najm, claims the company failed to pay him the full amount due under his 2005 recording agreement and a settlement reached in 2025 to resolve an earlier legal dispute. The new case follows a royalty payment of more than $1.3 million that Konvict allegedly received from distributor Zomba Recordings in March.
T-Pain is seeking the outstanding amount, along with interest and legal fees.
The latest case revives a dispute that began in 2018, when T-Pain sued Konvict Entertainment over alleged payment failures connected to his fifth studio album, Oblivion. T-Pain signed with Konvict Entertainment in 2005, a period that helped establish his recording career.
He later collaborated with Akon, co-writing “I Can’t Wait” and “Holla Holla” for Akon’s 2006 album Konvicted. Akon also featured on T-Pain’s 2007 song “Bartender”, from the album Epiphany.
The earlier lawsuit included claims involving an unpaid advance, payment due upon delivery of the album and royalties under his recording agreement.
In the new complaint, T-Pain alleges that Konvict breached both the original recording agreement and the 2025 settlement by failing to pay the royalties at issue. When The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported the lawsuit on September 8, 2026, it said Konvict Entertainment and T-Pain’s lawyers had not responded to its requests for comment. The label had denied liability in the earlier case before agreeing to the 2025 settlement.
The latest claim concerns a later period of music sales than the royalties covered by the earlier settlement.