Birdman Marvels Without Lil Wayne, Reaches Kingpin Status

Cash Money Records head Birdman has officially entered the Marvel Universe by appearing on a special edition "The Amazing Spider-Man" comic book cover.

According to reports, the must-see cover is a celebration of Baby’s longstanding partnership with Lugz boots.

Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Cash Money CEO’s Lugz boots, the company teamed up with Marvel for a special edition cover of the Spider-Man comic book. Featuring an animated Birdman in his signature pensive pose, The Amazing Spider-Man #11 collector’s edition was stocked at comic retailers in limited quantities. (VIBE)

Check out Birdman’s Spider-Man cover right here…

Lugz executive Rashaun Smith recently talked about the unexpected cover.

“Birdman was excited when I brought the comic book opportunity to him,” LUGZ VP of Marketing Rashaun Smith told Hip Hop Weekly. “We put Kingpin from the comic world together with the kingpin of the music world with this special collector’s edition cover.” (Hip Hop Weekly)

Outside of this, Birdman has been dealing with a publicized dispute with Cash Money mega artist Lil Wayne.

Birdman is unmoved and vows to duke it out in court if necessary, because a contract is a contract. As for the delay in dropping the album, we’re told Birdman says there’s lots of administrative work that goes into releasing a record, and Weezy is just a rapper, not a businessman, so what does he know? Birdman still intends to release the album, but on his time, not Weezy’s. (TMZ)

Footage of Wayne claiming his days at the iconic label were ending sprouted online earlier this month.

Lil Wayne finally spoke out in public about his battle with Cash Money Records over his new album … and told concertgoers his days at the label are numbered. It all went down at Vice’s 20th anniversary party, and when Weezy hit the stage he went off about the delayed release of “The Carter V” … calling it a “f**ked up situation.” 10:45 AM PT — Wayne’s manager, Cortez Bryant, now tells us he was just being “sarcastic” when he told us “everything is fine” between Weezy and Cash Money. (TMZ)