A rapper is suing Kid Cudi after being fired from his tour, including next week’s concert in Syracuse.
M.I.A. filed a lawsuit seeking $2.8 million in damages from Kid Cudi and Live Nation, according to Variety. The “Paper Planes” hitmaker was kicked off Cudi’s Rebel Ragers Tour for “offensive remarks” during her opening act last month.
“Kid Cudi’s attempts to silence freedom of artistic expression and speech on his ‘Rebel Rager’s Tour’ cannot go unchallenged,” M.I.A.’s team said in a statement. “Kid Cudi claimed shock over her comments he now labels as ‘offensive’ and his abrupt and unjustified termination of her performance agreement is a desperate attempt to sell tickets for his tour that was drastically underselling. As a result, his false allegations have fueled a misguided, hive-minded pile-on based on a deliberate misrepresentation of her words.”…