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Rapper Birdman Boasts About Dividing $1.4B Between Drake, Lil Wayne & Nicki Minaj

  Cash Money Records CEO/co-founder Bryan Birdman Williams sat down for an extensive interview with the Big Facts Podcast earlier this week. During the 100-minute long conversation, the veteran music executive spoke on a myriad of topics, including that infamous kiss with Lil Wayne, has past issues with Charlamagne Tha God and Cash Money rumors. He also flexed in his own way, boasting about giving Drake,Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne a combined $1.4 billion after landing a deal with Universal Records. “When Universal gave me a bag, brother, I could honestly say I gave Wayne about $400 to $500 million, Drake got about $500 million and Nicki got about $300, $400 million out of my pocket,” he says in the clip. “No cap. If you don’t believe them, ask ’em.” While Cash Money/Young Money Entertainment is responsible for launching the lucrative careers of Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne ,they have all become individual success stories. Drake is undeniably one of the most recognized musica...

Rapper Birdman Explains Why He Kissed Lil Wayne on The Mouth in Infamous Viral Photo

  Rapper and business mogul Birdman finally put the rumors to rest about kissing fellow rapper Lil Wayne on the lips in an infamous photo from over two decades ago. A segment from REVOLT TV's Big Facts podcast interview with the Cash Money Records CEO went viral after the host asked why he did it.  "First of all, my own son, I would kiss him," Birdman responded. "I always looked at Wayne as my son and I always looked at it like, ’cause I was in the streets, and I thought this might be the last time he ever see me.”  “I was his father when he didn’t have a father since he was 9 years old. And I love him like my own and I’d give my life for him.Ride and die for him.” Their relationship took a big hit in 2015 when Lil Wayne sued Cash Money for $51 million after Wayne's highly anticpated fifth album, "Tha Carter V", was delayed twice The same year Lil Wayne told Rolling Stone he and Birdman were no longer on speaking terms. Billboard reported the lawsuit wa...