Cardi B says “it feels good to be free” after settling a two-year, $ 30 million legal battle with her former manager … the issue was “rejected with prejudice”
Cardi B has finally put an end to a two-year, $ 30 million legal battle with her former manager Klenord “Shaft” Raphael, the whole issue being “rejected with prejudice.”
“This action, including all counterclaims and counterclaims, is dismissed in its entirety, to the detriment of all parties,” the December 24 court documents, which were obtained by AllHipHop on Sunday, said.
This means that Shaft’s 2018 trial and Cardi’s trial cannot be brought back to court at any time in the future.
Finished and finished: Cardi B has finally put an end to a two-year, $ 30 million legal battle with her former manager Klenord “Shaft” Raphael, the whole issue being “rejected with prejudice”
Shaft and Cardi also agreed to pay all their legal senses, with court documents stating: “The parties further agreed that all parties to this action will bear their own costs and attorney’s fees.
Taking to Twitter, the 28-year-old rapper celebrated the end of legal problems with Shaft, writing: “He feels free”.
Shaft, who claimed to have discovered the WAP hitman in 2015 and secured him a spot in VH1’s Love & Hip Hop, sued him for $ 10 million in April 2018.
Specifically, Cardi’s former manager claimed that she abandoned her agreement to sign with the management company Quality Control from Atlanta, which also represents the rap group of her husband, Migos.
Rejected: “This action, including all claims and counterclaims, is dismissed in its entirety, to the detriment of all parties,” said court documents of December 24, which were obtained on Sunday by AllHipHop; Cardi photographed in January
He also claimed that he “connected” Cardi with the essential “publishers and producers” who created his top single Bodak Yellow, which catapulted him to superstar in the summer of 2017.
In response, Cardi and her lawyers filed a $ 30 million reward in July 2018, claiming that Shaft had entered into a “unilateral” and “unfair” management agreement with her since signing it without a lawyer, according to TMZ. and AllHipHop.
According to the counterclaim, Shaft “received a 20% commission”, but tried to get even more commissions from Sony’s Cardi music editing agreement. Cardi says he asked for 50% of that deal.
The beginning: Shaft, who claimed to have discovered the WAP hitman in 2015 and secured him a spot in VH1’s Love & Hip Hop, filed a $ 10 million breach of contract lawsuit against him in April 2018; The tree in the picture
All connections? He also claimed to have “connected” Cardi with the key “publishers and producers” who created her top single Bodak Yellow, which catapulted her to superstar in the summer of 2017; Cardi B and Shaft presented in 2015
Rapper Bodak Yellow also suggested that Shaft tried to control aspects of her personal life, such as her romantic relationship with her now 28-year-old husband Offset.
He allegedly put “barriers between her and people close to her in an effort to maintain complete control over her” and told her “who she should and should not see romantically”, according to documents obtained by TMZ in 2018.
The legal battle between the couples, which has been stifling for more than two years, allegedly “deceived Cardi’s recording career – and millions of royalties owed by her Atlantic Records label” at the time “, as reported by AllHipHop.
Counterclaim: In response, Cardi and her lawyers filed a $ 30 million reward in July 2018, claiming that Shaft had set up a “unilateral” and “unfair” management agreement with her since signing it without a lawyer. according to TMZ; Cardi B is presented in 2019