Rod Wave Offers To Pay Boosie Badazz To Avoid Sampling Lawsuit

Rod Wave has offered to pay Boosie Badazz in an attempt to avoid a lawsuit for sampling the rapper’s music without authorization.

After Boosie threatened to file suit against various artists, including Rod Wave, for using portions of his songs in their own material without compensation, the Florida native took to Instagram to publicly reach out to the “Wipe Me Down” artist.

“This sh*t got to stop man,” Rod said, insisting that he is willing to settle the dispute out of court. “Man, you ain’t got to sue no ni**a like me, man. I’ma pull up! F**k you talking ‘bout suing me? I hope it ain’t what he say. Hey bro, I’ll pull up on you, bro.”

The rapper then told Boosie to set a reasonable price he feels is fair for the usage of his material while reiterating he feels that the Baton Rouge native taking legal action against him is unnecessary. “Tell me a number. Tell me a real number though. Not no crazy—a real number! A ni** will pull up and make sure you’re straight. You ain’t got to f**king sue me.”

Rod Wave recently released his new song “Long Journey,” which samples Boosie’s 2010 song of the same name. In the wake of the song’s release, Boosie took to Instagram to voice his displeasure over the apparent lack of concern for his authorization. “All the people sample my sh*t, saying the same thing I said,” the 41-year-old said.

“I’m coming back for that. They’ll have to make me part of their publishing and pop me off a little money … I got like five situations that my lawyer just got. I got like five situations where people stole my sh*t. Figure I’m too gangster to file a lawsuit.” He then called out Rod Wave by name, adding, “Rod Wave ain’t the only one. Sh*t, y’all better do y’all research … I done got paperwork on the way. A lot of people, bruh, it ain’t just Rod Wave.”

Boosie Badazz attends the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2023 on October 03, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Boosie also responded to Rod Wave’s public message on X with one of his own.

“HOW IS IT FOUL?” the controversial rapper wrote of his threats to sue. “ITS [business] N YOU KNOW THAT. YOU AINT GO DO THAT TO NO OTHER MAJOR LABEL WITHOUT COMPENSATING THEM WITH THEY SPLITS‼️ WHY DO IT TO A NI**A YOU LOOKED UP TOO. U EXPECT ME TO LET U TAKE MY KIDS PUBLISHING GTFOH STOP PLAYING VICTIM MY NI**A IS U GO SAMPLE NO LIMIT, BAD BOY, CASH MONEY, SO SO DEF, MICHEAL JACKSON, MARVIN GAYE, R PRINCE WORD FOR WORD FOR FREE? NO [check] @rodwave.”

2023 has been a year filled with headlines for Boosie Badazz, as the artist has addressed everything from personal matters within his family, to his grievances with the likes of Kodak Black.

Listen To Boosie Badazz and Rod Wave’s versions of “Long Journey” below.

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