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B.B. King has Oprah Money -- Who Knew?!

Posted Jul 11th 2009 12:01AM by TMZ Staff

B.B. King is officially not allowed to sing the Blues anymore -- we just got our hands on a lawsuit that says he's already made over $100 million in the 21st century.

King is being sued by his former business manager, Floyd Leiberman, who claims he helped B.B. make the massive amount of money from 2000 - 2008 -- only to be left high and dry when it came to getting his cut of the profits.

In the lawsuit, filed in Supreme Court of New York, Floyd also lists a ton of other ways he's been cut out of King's vast fortune.

Floyd is suing King for at least $1.5 million.

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1. Wow. He should just give that guy the money. More than that probably falls out when he sneezes.

Posted at 12:06AM on Jul 11th 2009 by Antoinette

2. The Dude doesn't sound like a very smart business manager if he couldn't even figure out how to get paid!

Posted at 12:15AM on Jul 11th 2009 by Texasgirl

3. BB King needs all that money so he can buy his diabetes supplies from Liberty Medical.

Posted at 12:19AM on Jul 11th 2009 by Wilford Brimley

4. BB King is a class act. They should create a new law where these idot beggers coming out of the woodwork with their fake lawsuits in hopes of getting some crumbs go to jail when proved wrong. Add to this the full cost of the trial and both lawyers and the scum will stay under their rocks.

Posted at 12:19AM on Jul 11th 2009 by wombat

5. Of course, making $100 million and having $100 are two different things.

Posted at 12:21AM on Jul 11th 2009 by YeahBut

6. 100 million that is

Posted at 12:21AM on Jul 11th 2009 by YeahBut

7. BB KING IS STILL ALIVE?

Posted at 12:22AM on Jul 11th 2009 by RUKDN?

8. It doesn't take 8 years to notice massive amounts of money are not being paid. This is as fishy as the Demerol stir fry at MJs Mexican Deli.

DING DING DING, we have a loser. NO DEAL. Lucille says "No DEAL" to the Floyd man.

NEXT!

Posted at 12:24AM on Jul 11th 2009 by PolarBear

9. That guy has as much chance of seeing that money as BB King has of seeing his nutsack!

Posted at 12:24AM on Jul 11th 2009 by GOTZDABLUZE

10. That guy has as much of a chance of seeing that money as BB King has of seeing his coin purse, if you know what I mean.

Posted at 12:26AM on Jul 11th 2009 by GotzDaBluuz

11. Something else is going on here...

Posted at 12:37AM on Jul 11th 2009 by Lucy McGillicuddy

12. HOW IS THIS OPRAH MONEY??? GROSS INCOME IS NOT THE SAME AS NET INCOME. LAST I HEARD FAT OPRAH HAS OVER A BILLION AND CHANGE. BB KING DOES IT FROM TOURING. THAT'S THE LAST BASTIAN OF REAL MONEY IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. CD'S MAKE U NOTHING THESE DAYS...

Posted at 1:05AM on Jul 11th 2009 by 3 hot chics & 1 pimpin gangsta

13. Whos this UGLY man? Whoa Just when you think you are done seeing ugly people, another pops up

Posted at 1:13AM on Jul 11th 2009 by ugh

14. DANG !!!!!!!!!!!CAN YOU SAY SUGAR DADDY

Posted at 1:50AM on Jul 11th 2009 by erica

15. Not opie money I agree but $100 mill for the same song 3000 times? That's Incredible! Can be have Cathy Lee all gown up?
I remember in some remake/spoof movie Amazon Women on the Moon he introduced a comedian(In living color?) who was singing "Tie a Yellow Ribbon round the Old Oak Tree". That's pretty ironic because BB is very "pedestrian" if you will and could easily be doing a duet with Tony Orlando. lol

Posted at 1:56AM on Jul 11th 2009 by Billy Bogart

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