Rita Ora settles contract dispute with Jay Z's Roc Nation - report
Rita Ora appears to have settled a $2.4 million lawsuit filed against her by bosses at Jay Z's Roc Nation record label.
The music executives sued the Radioactive singer last year (15) for breaking her recording contract and failing to deliver the albums she was supposed to produce for them.
The suit came just weeks after the singer filed her own papers in
California, claiming company bosses had lost their focus on her,
putting the welfare and future of professional athletes and other
ventures, like Jay Z's streaming service Tidal, ahead of her music
career.
Lawyers representing Roc Nation submitted papers in New York,
claiming the company spent more than $2 million on marketing and
development for the star's second album, which is still
unreleased.
Since signing with the label in 2008, Rita has only released one
record, 2012's Ora, and the label bosses claim the star was
supposed to release five albums under her contract.
In an attempt to break away from Roc Nation in 2015, Ora requested
a declaratory judgment, claiming the contract she signed in 2008 at
the age of 18 was unenforceable and violates California law.
But now it looks like the contract controversy is finally over.
A new document filed on the New York Supreme Court's website
appears to show Ora and Jay Z's partners have settled their suits
out of court, and now she's free to sign a new deal.
Rita hinted she was about to do just that in a Snapchat post over
the weekend (04-05Jun16) - she uploaded a photo of a pile of papers
covered with flowers and added the caption: "Contract time!!"