It’s not just the nookie this time.
Nu-metal icons Limp Bizkit have officially entered legal warfare with Universal Music Group (UMG), demanding a whopping $200 million in unpaid royalties. Yup, two hundred million. And that’s not even counting the spicy accusations flying around.
According to reports from TMZ, the band says they racked up over three billion streams in the last two years alone—yet somehow, the math isn’t mathing when it comes to their bank accounts. Fred Durst and the gang believe UMG has been keeping them in the dark and holding back their rightful cut.
In court docs, the band doesn’t hold back, accusing UMG of fraud, copyright infringement, and what they call "fraudulent concealment"—aka, allegedly using shady royalty software to mask what the artists are actually owed. Sketchy? Big time.
And there’s more. Limp Bizkit claims their original '90s record deal was meant to be a 50/50 profit split—but they say they never saw that kind of cash. Fred Durst also brings up his early involvement in signing Staind to UMG, claiming he was promised 10% of their profits, which conveniently dried up around 2012.
UMG isn’t backing down though. They tried to have the case tossed, calling the unpaid royalties claim “fiction,” but on March 17, Judge Percy Anderson shut that down—at least partially. While he ruled that most of the claims need to be refiled in New York or California, he did let the copyright infringement claim stand.
UMG now has until April 7 to respond. For now, Durst and crew are turning up the volume—this time, in the courtroom. And honestly? We’re here for the drama.