Atlanta rapper Future is facing legal trouble after the release of his 2024 project Mixtape Pluto .
On Oct. 2, Atlanta-based photographer Garey C. Gomez filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Titol Retail, Wilburn Holding Company, Future (real name Nayvadius Wilburn), and his label Freebandz.
According to the court documents reviewed by Complex , Gomez alleges that the defendants “copied Gomez’s copyrighted works from the internet in order to advertise, market and promote their business activities” with the “purposes of advertising and promoting sales to the public.”
At the center of the dispute are two of Gomez’s photographs — officially registered with the U.S. Copyright Office — which he claims were used without his permission. One of the images appeared as the cover