A new layer has been added to the lawsuit between Cardi B and her ex-manager.
The Notorious B.I.G said it best “Mo’ money, mo’ problems,” and it seems as though superstar rapper Cardi B is learning this first hand as her career continues to flourish. She’s been one of the top stars in the music industry since her breakout hit “Bodak Yellow” took over the world and as she preps a new album to be dropped around the same time as her Invasion Of Privacy anniversary, Bardi remains locked in a messy lawsuit against her ex-manager. For months, a battle between the artist and Klenord “Shaft” Raphael has been dragging on and now, a new layer has been added to the drama.
According to the folks over The Blast, Shaft is requesting that Cardi B’s father gets grilled regarding the ongoing legal fight. He reportedly believes that Cardi’s dad has information that may be vital to the case, firing off a subpoena and demanding that he gets questioned. The publication notes that court documents were filed on January 2 for the duelling lawsuits. Both Shaft and Cardi B are suing each other for millions in damages.
In the documents, Cardi’s lawyer says that they were served with a subpoena for the rapper’s father to sit down for a deposition so that he can reveal all that he knows about the case and Shaft’s relationship with his daughter.
Raphael sued Cardi B last April for $10 million, claiming she breached their contract by ditching him as her manager. Cardi then counter-sued Raphael seeking $15 million in damages, accusing him of screwing her over after she entrusted him and his companies with many aspects of her business affairs.
She claimed that despite him having a duty to act in her best interest, he took advantage of her “trust and naiveté and persuaded her to sign contracts and to enter into deals in which Mr. Raphael attempted to take an unreasonable and unconscionable portion of [her] earnings in the entertainment industry for himself.”
In 2015, Cardi B said she signed her deal with Raphael’s company — without a lawyer — which provided her former manager with a 20% cut of her earnings. She says he breached their deal by failing to provide monthly accounting, failed to appoint an independent business manager and for not providing her with adequate payments owed to her. Both cases remain ongoing.
