Cardi B says he “feels good to be free” after resolving a two-year, $ 30 million legal battle with his former director … with the issue “ruled out with prejudice”
Cardi B has finally put an end to a two-year, $ 30 million legal battle with his former Klenord ‘Shaft’ leader Raphael, with the whole issue “ruled out with prejudice”.
“This action, including all claims and counterclaims, is dismissed in its entirety to the detriment of all parties,” the Dec. 24 court documents, which AllHipHop obtained on Sunday, stated.
This means that the 2018 Shaft lawsuit and Cardi’s lawsuit cannot be re-filed in court at any point in the future.
Finished: Cardi B has finally put an end to a two-year, $ 30 million legal battle with his former Klenord ‘Shaft’ leader Raphael, with the whole issue ‘dismissed with prejudice’
Shaft and Cardi also agreed to pay all their legal feelings, with court documents stating, “The parties have further agreed that all parties to this action will bear their own costs and attorney’s fees.”
Quickly on Twitter, the 28-year-old rapper celebrated the end of her legal problems with Shaft, writing, “The feeling of being free.”
Shaft, who claimed to have discovered the WAP agent in 2015 and secured her a spot on VH1’s Love & Hip Hop, filed a “$ 10 million contract breach lawsuit” against her in April. of 2018.
Specifically, Cardi’s former manager stated that she abandoned her agreement to sign with the Atlanta-based quality control management company, which also represents her husband’s rap group, the Migos.
Dismissed: “This action, including all claims and counterclaims, is dismissed in its entirety to the detriment of all parties,” said Dec. 24 court documents, which were obtained by AllHipHop on Sunday; Cardi portrayed in January
She also claimed to have “connected” Cardi with the essential “publishers and producers” who crafted her hit single Bodak Yellow, which catapulted her to the superstar in the summer of 2017.
In response, Cardi and her lawyers filed a $ 30 million lawsuit in July 2018, alleging that Shaft had established a “unilateral” and “unfair” management agreement with her since she signed it without a lawyer. , according to TMZ and AllHipHop.
According to the lawsuit, Shaft “got a 20% commission,” but tried to get even more commissions from Cardi’s music publishing deal with Sony. “Cardi says he demanded 50% of that deal.”
The beginning: Shaft, who claimed to have discovered the WAP agent in 2015 and secured her a spot on VH1’s Love & Hip Hop, filed a lawsuit for breach of the $ 10 million contract against her on April 2018; Axis in the photo
All the connections? She also claimed to have “connected” Cardi with the essential “publishers and producers” who crafted her hit single Bodak Yellow, which catapulted her to the superstar in the summer of 2017; Cardi B and Shaft represented in 2015
Rapper Bodak Yellow also suggested that Shaft was trying to control aspects of her personal life, such as her romantic relationship with her 28-year-old husband Offset.
According to documents obtained by TMZ in 2018, she allegedly put “barriers between her and those close to her in an effort to maintain total control over her” and told her “who she should see and should not see romantically.”
The legal battle between the couple, which erupted for more than two years, reportedly “devastated Cardi’s record career, and millions of copyrights due to his Atlantic Records label” during that period, “he said. inform AllHipHop.
Reward: In response, Cardi and her attorneys filed a $ 30 million reward in July 2018, alleging that Shaft had established a “unilateral” and “unfair” management agreement with her since she signed it without lawyer, according to TMZ; Cardi B illustrated in 2019