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Soulja Boy’s BMI Royalties Could Be Pitched to Collect on $4.25M Judgment
Court documents show Soulja Boy's future BMI royalties may be sold to help satisfy a roughly $4.25M judgment tied to a 2025 civil verdict.
For an artist whose rise was built on clicks and ringtone-era ubiquity, the next chapter of Soulja Boy’s financial story might be less about streams and more about court papers: documents show a move to sell future BMI royalty payments to satisfy a multimillion-dollar civil judgment.
According to documents obtained by TMZ on June 18, 2026, the woman who sued the rapper under the pseudonym Jane Doe has filed notice of her intent to pursue a sale of Soulja’s rights to future BMI licensing and performance royalties to the highest bidder. The motion is a collection tactic tied to a roughly $4.25 million judgment, and Doe says she will move forward unless Soulja files an objection or otherwise resolves the debt.
Prince Williams/Getty ImagesSoulja Boy attends BET Experience 2024 Fan Fest at Los Angeles Convention Center on June 28, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
What the sale would — and would not — do
Crucially, court papers make clear this is not a transfer of ownership of Soulja Boy’s catalog. Instead, the proposed sale would divert income generated through BMI licensing and performance royalties toward paying down the judgment. Those royalty streams cover money earned when songs are played on radio, television, film and other licensed uses — steady, recurring slices of an artist’s revenue that are attractive to buyers who expect long-term cash flow.
“Soulja denied wrongdoing and publicly maintained his innocence, while also stating that he intended to appeal the decision.”
The line above tracks with how Soulja has publicly responded since the civil trial. In April 2025, a jury found him liable on multiple claims brought by Doe, including sexual battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress, sexual harassment and failure to pay wages — the latter stemming from her work as his personal assistant. Soulja has consistently denied the allegations while acknowledging the two had been in a relationship.
Doe originally filed suit in 2021, saying a relationship that began as a professional arrangement turned romantic and later abusive. Their involvement, the complaint says, spanned on and off between 2014 and 2019. The case went to trial in March 2025. Among the allegations presented in court, Doe claimed Soulja once choked her and threatened her life after she refused to reconcile.
At the start of the litigation, Doe sought $73 million in damages; the jury ultimately awarded roughly $4.25 million. Soulja signaled he intended to appeal following the April 2025 verdict.
Elsewhere in the reporting, lawyers for creditors and plaintiffs have increasingly targeted predictable royalty streams as a means to collect judgments — a strategy that can put pressure on artists who rely on licensing and performance income to sustain careers between releases.
XXL has reached out to Soulja Boy’s attorney for comment.
