▁service ▁over ▁Lil ▁Wayne ' s ▁Free ▁We e zy ▁Album . ▁The ▁law suit ▁claims ▁that ▁C ash ▁M oney ▁Records ▁exclus ively ▁own s ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁Lil ▁Wayne ' s ▁music , ▁although ▁he ▁is ▁now ▁independent ▁and ▁the ▁label ▁no ▁longer ▁own s ▁these ▁rights . ▁ ▁On ▁April ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Bird man ▁accepted ▁a ▁pla que ▁in ▁honor ▁of ▁C ash ▁M oney ▁Records ▁having ▁sold ▁one ▁billion ▁units . ▁On ▁September ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Young ▁M oney ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁a ▁joint ▁business ▁vent ure ▁with ▁C ash ▁M oney . ▁O wn ership ▁of ▁the ▁im print ▁was ▁granted ▁entirely ▁to ▁Lil ▁Wayne ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁legal ▁settlement s ▁with ▁Bird man ▁that ▁were ▁final ized . ▁ ▁Current ▁artists ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁In - house ▁produ cers ▁From ▁its ▁found ing ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Mann ie ▁F resh ▁was ▁the ▁well - known ▁production ▁head ▁of ▁all ▁C ash ▁M oney ▁releases , ▁as ▁the ▁label ' s ▁resident ▁producer . ▁The ▁label ▁would ▁be ▁without ▁a ▁proper ▁in - house ▁producer ▁until ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁when ▁production ▁du o ▁C ool ▁& ▁Dre ▁signed ▁to ▁the ▁label . ▁Since ▁then , ▁the ▁label ▁has ▁grown ▁its ▁production ▁division ▁by ▁signing ▁more ▁produ cers . ▁▁ ▁The ▁Aven ger z ▁ ▁Bang l adesh ▁ ▁The ▁Beat