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Birdman is suing Jay-Z and Tidal over Lil Wayne's mixtape "Free Weezy Album". Cash Money Records filed a lawsuit in New York on Thursday, July 16 against Aspiro AB which owns Tidal, WiMP Music and WIMP, Inc. for illegally streaming songs from Weezy's album.

According to court documents obtained by EW, Cash Money alleges Aspiro et al. of tortious interference with contract, unfair competition and conversion. The label is seeking damages of at least $50 million and injunction of the streaming of "FWA" on Tidal.

Birdman's label says the defendants knew Weezy had an exclusive contract with Cash Money and he was prohibited from distributing his music without the label's consent. "Defendants have been, and are continuing to, feature and promote Carter's recordings throughout the world via Defendants' fledgling digital streaming music service known as 'Tidal,' " the lawsuit reads, "all in brazen defiance of CMR's exclusive rights under the exclusive recording agreement."

Cash Money claims Tidal is now resorting to "a desperate and illegal attempt to save their struggling streaming service."

Tidal claims Cash Money didn't have exclusive lock on Weezy and the singer gave the rights to stream "Glory" and "FWA" in return for a piece of ownership in the streaming service. Cash Money quotes portions of its contract with Weezy, saying the singer doesn't have power to distribute his music.

Tidal hasn't commented on the issue yet.