LIL FLIP GUILTY

T.I. is set to enter into an Arkansas prison after the Memorial Day weekend, and he said that incarceration will have no effect on his musical legacy.

Rapper Lil’ Flip and Sony Music Entertainment were found guilty of willful copyright infringement in a Houston Federal Court.

Lil’ Flip –real name Wesley Eric Weston, Sony Music Entertainment, Columbia Records, Loud Records, Lucky Publishing, Hobbs Publishing, and his manager Estelle Douglass Hobbs were ordered to pay $150,000 to Tommy L. Granville, a Shreveport, LA producer.

In the suit, Granville claims that he wrote melody for the song “Texas Boyz” off of Flip’s major label debut “Underground Legend.”

“We’ve very pleased that the jury agreed with our contention that Tommy Granville’s music was illegally used,” said Scott Hemingway, Granville’ attorney. “ Sony has been one of the biggest proponents of copyright protection and hopefully, they will now follow their own statements and honor the copyrights of others.”

Sony was fined $18,000 for withholding documents to the court.