Two Georgia court orders issued on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, dismissed Young Thug (Jeffrey Williams) and Birdman (Bryan Williams) from a lawsuit filed in 2016 by Alvin Lewis, Lil Wayne’s former tour bus driver. The orders were obtained by Billboard.
The suit arose from a 2015 drive-by shooting on the I-285 freeway after Wayne performed at The Compound club in Atlanta. Lewis’s claims for emotional damages remain pending against two other men. A man named Jimmy Winfrey, also known as Peewee Roscoe, pled guilty to the shooting in 2015, but that plea was vacated on appeal after a finding that it was involuntary.
Lewis alleged that Winfrey acted at the direction of both Young Thug and Birdman. Both rappers have said they had nothing to do with the shooting. Judge Eric A. Brewton ruled in their favor, stating there was “no evidence of an employment relationship” between Winfrey and either YSL or Birdman’s Cash Money Records. Brewton also said the claim that Winfrey was Young Thug’s tour manager in 2015 was unsupported by evidence.
Brewton described Lewis’s theory that Birdman ordered the shooting to retaliate against Wayne for suing his label that year as “pure speculation and conjecture.” Lewis had presented phone records showing calls between Winfrey’s phone and Birdman’s phone in 2015, including on the night of the shooting. The judge said the records did not establish who made the calls, whether they were answered, or what was said. The judge dismissed all claims against Young Thug, YSL, Birdman, and Cash Money Records.
Lewis’s attorney, Jeff Gewirtz, told Billboard on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, that the plaintiff plans to appeal. Representatives for Young Thug and Birdman did not respond to requests for comment. Lewis’s claims against Winfrey and Arnold Martinez, known as YSL Duke, remain active. A court conference to discuss potential trial logistics is scheduled for February.
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Source: Billboard
