Big Pun’s Wife Wants A Milli, Starts War W/ Fat Joe

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

Late Terror Squad member Big Pun's widow Liza Rios has reportedly decided to go to legal war against Fat Joe over not receiving royalties from the rapper's releases.

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According to reports, Rios wants at least a million dollars from Joe.

Liza Rios is beside herself … she says in a new lawsuit — obtained by TMZ — hubby Big Pun had a deal with Fat Joe to split the fortune Pun made from songs like “I’m Not A Player.” Liza says a few years after her 700-pound husband died from a heart attack in 2000 … Joe turned off the spigot and she hasn’t gotten a penny since 2005 … even though the records continued to sell. (TMZ)

Slaughterhouse’s Joell Ortiz dealt with Liza Rios’ beef right here…

Speaking with radio personality Angie Martinez in 2011, rapper Joell Ortiz addressed being singled out by Rios in an interview.

“First of all, I’m not sitting here without someone like Big Pun,” Ortiz acknowledged during the interview. “[Rick Ross and Meek Millz] did ‘Tupac Back,’ Maino did ‘Biggie Back,’ so I was like, ‘alright, here’s my due. I got this one. Let me do this one.’ When that stuff happened, I was surprised. I really didn’t get it. I don’t understand where it was coming from. From the beginning of my career, I’ve done tributes to him.” (Hot 97)

Ortiz also pointed out how much respect he had always shown toward Pun’s legacy.

“I couldn’t grasp why Liza [Rios]’s response was like that,” Ortiz added. “She’s embraced me every time I’ve done something. I’ve done tributes, freestyles on his birthday, almost annually. I performed with the man’s urn on stage for her. I don’t know where this is coming from. I’m confused. I’m not angry. I can’t be mad at her ’cause she’s cool. I didn’t know I had to check in this time. I never checked in when I did something for her husband. I thought she’d be like, ‘yeah!’ But it’s alright.” (Hot 97)

Days prior, Pun’s widow Liza Rios explained her displeasure in hearing “Big Pun’s Back” and Joell’s references.

“A lot of people are asking how I feel bout Joell Ortiz BIG PUN is Back. Well it was a good attempt on Joell Ortiz part BUT a BIG PUN he will Never be! Found it a bit disrespectful that he would say he the next Christopher Lee Rios to say the least.. With no regard to Me and My family especially My Son PUN’S Only Son which should Be the ONLY one to Claim that BIG PUN is Back..” (Ms Drama TV)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

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  1. This women needs to get off the couch and get a job! How much money does she expect to milk out of her dead husband? Pun didn’t sell that many albums in his life, he wasn’t Tupac. .. This has bee addressed before with the fact that pun blew all his money before he passed. Ever year she tries to sue! Pun died in 2000. Leave it alone, you already dragged his name through the mud with your interview saying how Pun was a women beater!

    • My dude it doesn’t matter if she was sitting on millions or jobless that was that man’s wife she suppose to receive his royalties. This is business but bet u don’t know anything about that ya comments was personal when it don’t have anything to do with that sumbody is generating money over the yrs on pun catalog n his family isn’t benefiting from it that’s the bottom line

      • she got paid and wasted it. she wants a million now. she threw her husband legacy under the bus by calling him out as a wife beater after he died. Her son is over 18 and now she has no money. This isn’t for the family, this is for her. What pun albums have been selling since his death? I haven’t heard his singles in cartoon movies. Even if you sell 1 million records, that don’t make you a millionaire. How has Pun generated a million in his death? I love Pun but people act like he sold millions and millions of records. there are lots of broke platinum artist. Now take a look a Suge. Dude put out Snoop Dogg and Death Row albums yrs after and didn’t give Snoop or Dre a penny because the songs belong to the label not the artist.

      • Royalties are only like 4 to 9 cents per album sold …….. this is 2014 …… how many albums has he sold since 2005 ……..

    • thank you, even though I Don’t condone pun for abusing his wife, it’s a sad situation throughout.

  2. I think she’s suing the wrong person and probably just looking to get a settlement. I think Joe stopped making Money off pun a long time ago. Any money puns albums have generated after his death are probably goin straight into the pockets of some old white executive that never even heard puns music.

  3. This women needs to get off the couch and get a job! How much money does she expect to milk out of her dead husband? Pun didn’t sell that many albums in his life, he wasn’t Tupac. .. This has bee addressed before with the fact that pun blew all his money before he passed. Ever year she tries to sue! Pun died in 2000. Leave it alone, you already dragged his name through the mud with your interview saying how Pun was a women beater!

    • My dude it doesn’t matter if she was sitting on millions or jobless that was that man’s wife she suppose to receive his royalties. This is business but bet u don’t know anything about that ya comments was personal when it don’t have anything to do with that sumbody is generating money over the yrs on pun catalog n his family isn’t benefiting from it that’s the bottom line

    • she got paid and wasted it. she wants a million now. she threw her husband legacy under the bus by calling him out as a wife beater after he died. Her son is over 18 and now she has no money. This isn’t for the family, this is for her. What pun albums have been selling since his death? I haven’t heard his singles in cartoon movies. Even if you sell 1 million records, that don’t make you a millionaire. How has Pun generated a million in his death? I love Pun but people act like he sold millions and millions of records. there are lots of broke platinum artist. Now take a look a Suge. Dude put out Snoop Dogg and Death Row albums yrs after and didn’t give Snoop or Dre a penny because the songs belong to the label not the artist.

    • Royalties are only like 4 to 9 cents per album sold …….. this is 2014 …… how many albums has he sold since 2005 ……..

    • I love how heads throw that word business around…how about doing the right thing and let Ms. Rios eat every now and then.

    • thank you, even though I Don’t condone pun for abusing his wife, it’s a sad situation throughout.

  4. I think she’s suing the wrong person and probably just looking to get a settlement. I think Joe stopped making Money off pun a long time ago. Any money puns albums have generated after his death are probably goin straight into the pockets of some old white executive that never even heard puns music.

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