Florida native Thomas Marasciullo filed a copyright infringement suit on Friday (Oct. 30) against rappers Lil Wayne and Birdman, reports the Associated Press.

Marasciullo claims that Cash Money Records had him speak on several "'Italian-styled' spoken word recordings" in 2006, which were subsequently used without pay or permission on the rappers' joint 2006 album Like Father, Like Son, and Birdman's 2007 album, 5 (Star) Stunna.

Marasciullo claims to have written, recorded and copyrighted the tracks "Loyalty" and "Respect" from Like Father Like Son. In all, the lawsuit claims his recordings were used in four tracks on Like Father, Like Son, and five from 5 (Star) Stunna.

"Marasciullo discovered his work had been used when his daughter discovered his 'Respect' while trying buy a ring-tone version of the Aretha Franklin classic by the same name," according to the report. "His son also became entangled in the case when he was fired from a recording engineer job at Cash Money Records after the father started demanding payment, according to the lawsuit."

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