M.I.A. is suing Kid Cudi.
The 50-year-old “Paper Planes” rapper filed a lawsuit against the 42-year-old “Day ‘n’ Nite” superstar after she was booted from his tour in early May following her on-stage comments about immigrants.
The complaint was filed in California federal court, and claims that Kid Cudi was aware of her political beliefs before he invited her to join the Rebel Ragers Tour.
“M.I.A. was terminated to generate publicity for the Tour, which has struggled with ticket sales. She was contractually allowed to say whatever she wanted on stage. M.I.A. now holds Kid Cudi accountable for his bad faith destruction of her contractual rights, business opportunities, and reputation,” the complaint reads, via Consequence.
She is reportedly seeking over $2.8 million plus punitive damages and legal fees.
If you did not see, M.I.A. was performing when she announced: “I’ve been canceled for many reasons. I never thought I would be canceled for being a brown Republican voter.”
She also said: “I can’t do ‘Illygirl,’ though some of you could be in the audience.”
The audience booed, and Kid Cudi later issued a statement about firing her.
M.I.A. later responded to being fired in a series of messages on social media.
“I CAN’T VOTE IN THE US, AND 48% OF LATIN COMMUNITY VOTED TRUMP. SO ARE YOU GOING TO HATE THEM ALL?” she responded to a fan.
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