Cash Money Records Co-Founder Birdman Denies Involvement in Lil Wayne Murder-for-Hire Plot
Cash Money CEO Bryan "Birdman" Williams broke his silence on the Lil Wayne tour bus shooting that took place in Atlanta on April 26.
According to TMZ, Birdman adamantly denies involvement in the shooting despite being named in a murder-to-hire plot, along with rapper Young Thug, by the arrested shooter Jimmy Carlton Winfrey.
Sources close to the situation confirmed official police documents state Birdman received a phone call on April 26 after Wayne's bus was riddled with gunfire. The call was placed between two phones registered to the Cash Money CEO.
The phones being registered to Birdman is not surprising since they are company phones. Everyone using the phones -- Wayne's camp, Birdman and Winfrey -- are associates of Cash Money or Young Money.
Police documents detail the call as originating from someone in Wayne's camp who wanted to tell Birdman that Winfrey had been thrown out of the Compound nightclub for harassing Wayne. Then, as Wayne's two tour buses left the club around 3:30 a.m., the shooting happened.
No injuries were reported after the shooting. Winfrey was later arrested for the shooting and indicted on 30 charges, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Meanwhile, Young Thug, who Winfrey also accuses of plotting to kill Wayne, has not commented on the allegations.
That could be due, in part, to more pressing legal issues he is currently facing. The rapper, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was arrested on July 15, roughly eight days after allegedly threatening to shoot a Perimeter Mall security guard.
Thug waived his preliminary hearing in DeKalb County court on Monday morning, and his case will now proceed to superior court.
Following his arrest on the terrorist threat charge, local police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation served search warrants at his house in Sandy Springs. Law enforcement discovered cocaine, marijuana and weapons at the rapper's home and filed charges against him in Fulton County.
Birdman and Young Thug have not been charged in the tour bus shooting incident.
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