Rihanna and Jay Z sued for ‘bailing out of Nigeria show after pocketing $160k advance’… but they say promoter was scammed.
American superstars Rihanna and Jay Z, who runs her music label Roc Nation, are being sued for allegedly collecting money for a concert she never gave.
The Work singer, 28, was allegedly booked to perform a show in Nigeria by Chris Ubosi and his radio station Megalectrics back in May 2013, TMZ is reporting.
Ubosi claims he made a deal with two individuals who represented Rihanna, Roc Nation and Jay Z with the promise that she would be paid $425,000 for a 65-minute performance at the Eko Hotel in Lagos and Chris had already paid a total of $160 000‚ when her people apparently called for the show to be postponed.
Chris said that he had agreed on condition that Rihanna announce the postponement on her social media accounts. In his lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Ubosi claims that Rihanna never did mention the change on social media and so he and Megalectrics ‘demanded the full and prompt return of their money,’ the lawsuit says.
Ubosi claims he never got the $160k advance back and so he’s taking Rihanna to court.
But according to her management‚ Chris is a victim of a scam.
“Rihanna‚ Roc Nation nor anyone associated personally or professionally with either party was in contact with this person. Unfortunately this person was scammed. Rihanna nor Roc Nation collected any money for this event‚” a Roc Nation representative told TMZ.