In her complaint filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, she’s seeking a declaratory judgment that the recording agreement she signed in 2008 at the age of 18 with Roc Nation violates California law and is unenforceable.
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Rita Ora filed a lawsuit today (December 17) against Jay Z and Roc Nation due to their lack of support for her career, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Rita claims that the change in Roc Nation’s direction has resulted in constantly-changing executives, and presently, there’s no one left that Rita used to work with. The move apparently left Rita in limbo as nobody at Sony gave a damn about her since Roc Nation showed they didn’t.
The claim goes on to refer to Roc Nation as a “diminished” label with “only a handful of admittedly worthy heritage superstar artists”.
The 25-year-old says that execs have come and gone since the company made a decision to broaden its business, and they no longer employ anyone she’s worked with before. As time has gone on, Jay Z has expanded Roc Nation into a sports agency and has launched the TIDAL streaming service.
Rita’s rant continues, in addition to in that she is “self-funding her promo tv appearances, recording prices & video projects”.
When Rita Ora and Jay Z were on friendly terms past year. “Between Sony’s limited economic return from its orphaned relationship with Roc Nation and Sony’s indirect relationship with Rita, Rita is caught in a political quagmire of dysfunction”. The California Labor Code states that a person cannot be subject to a contract to perform personal services beyond seven years from the beginning of the deal.
Reps for Roc Nation haven’t responded to a request for comment. Artists who cite the “Seven Year Rule” can be countersued by the record labels for “lost profits” on uncompleted albums.
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Singer Rita Ora has had enough of jumping over hurdles to get her album released in America.
