Limp Bizkit is suing Universal Music Group for $200 million, alleging years of unpaid money.

Limp Bizkit fights for what they deserve.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles, the group accused Universal Music Group of withholding money from them. The group worked with the music label from 1997 to 2011, releasing their first six albums in collaboration with them; however, lead singer Fred Durst’s attorney says the band “hasn’t seen a dime in paychecks” in several years.

Durst and his bandmates allege in the complaint that UMG has “fraudulent” terms deliberately designed to allow them to withhold payments from their co-signed artists, according to court documents obtained by FOX Business. They want $200 million from the company.

“Making a program like this for UMG, when it prides itself as a company that prides itself on investing its money and protecting its artists, makes the discovery of plaintiffs through the UMG program shocking and disturbing,” said the group.

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The band released their first six albums through Interscope Records, a subsidiary label of UMG, including “Three Dollar Bill, Y’all,” “The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1),” “Results May Vary” and “Gold Cobra,” and several compilation albums.

Their second album, “Significant Other,” launched the band to a different level of fame, reaching No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 and selling over 16 million copies. During their career, the group was nominated for three Grammy Awards and has sold over 40 million records worldwide.

Ten years after releasing their debut album “Gold Cobra,” the band released their seventh studio album, “Still Sucks,” in October 2021.

Despite their success as a group, Durst was allegedly informed in April 2024 by UMG that the group was not receiving payment money because its account was considered “unpaid,” meaning the singer did not make enough money to pay the advance.

Durst was informed in April 2024 that they had not received the benefits because they were considered “non-reimbursable.” (Photos by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)

In this complaint, Durst claims that UMG also reached out to him to participate in the re-release of the group’s second album on the 25th anniversary of its founding, explaining that he turned it down because he saw it as a “money grab” that would only benefit UMG. “

“The fact that UMG wanted to exploit Limp Bizkit’s assets shows that they knew they would make a lot of money because of the group’s popularity,” the complaint continued. “Therefore, UMG knew that, although Limp Bizkit’s assets were making millions of dollars for UMG and Flip Records, and could be leveraged to make more, that UMG had never paid Limp Bizkit a cent for any of that goods. “

The lawsuit then points to the company’s alleged financial practices, where the group’s accounts were allegedly “overloaded” with no indication of “where the additional charges came from,” in a scheme that was “deliberately designed to show Limp Bizkit’s accounts as unrecovered,” according to the complaint.

Universal Music Group eventually paid the band $1.03 million and gave another $2.3 million to Durst’s Flawless Records, but court documents say they owe more money. The band parted ways with Interscope Records in 2011, releasing their seventh album with Suretone Records.

Limp Bizkit says there may be many artists who do not receive their benefits. (Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage/Getty Images)

In this complaint, the plaintiffs also pointed out that there may be “hundreds of other artists” who are kept “in the dark about the positive balances in their accounts” and thus are not receiving the rewards they deserve.

FOX Business has reached out to UMG and Limp Bizkit for comment.