M.I.A.sued Kid Cudi for $2.8 million nearly one month after she was kicked off the rapper's "Rebel Ragers Tour" for making "offensive remarks" on stage, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.M.I.A.
— who's full name is Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam — claimed the "Rebel Rangers Tour" promoter, Live Nation, provided a $2.8 million guarantee with her and her company, Neet Touring LLP.The sum was to be paid "regardless of what she said on stage," according to the lawsuit.In May, the "Paper Planes" singer was booed by concertgoers during the Dallas stop of Cudi's tour, and proceeded to tell the audience she wasn't afraid of being canceled.KID CUDI 'HATED EVERY MINUTE' OF TESTIFYING IN DIDDY FEDERAL SEX TRAFFICKING TRIALM.I.A.sued Kid Cudi for nearly $3 million after he cut her from his tour over "offensive remarks" she made on stage.
(Getty Images)"I’ve been canceled for many things.I never thought I would be canceled for being a brown Republican voter," the singer said at the Dos Equis Pavilion.At one point, M.I.A.
also said on stage, "I can’t do 'Illygirl' [pronounced ‘illegal'], though some of you could be in the audience," before admitting, "I am illegal.Half of my team are not here because they didn't get the visa, OK?"The filing claimed she was "terminated to generate publicity for the Tour, which has struggled with ticket sales."NATALIE MAINES’ ANTI-TRUMP TIRADE, ZACH BRYAN’S FENCE-CLIMBING CLASH FUEL COUNTRY MUSIC’S BIGGEST FEUDS"She was contractually allowed to say whatever she wanted on stage," the lawsuit said.
"M.I.A.now holds Kid Cudi accountable for his bad faith destruction of her contractual rights, business opportunities, and reputation."M.I.A.
said she holds Kid Cudi accountable for his "bad faith destruction" of her reputation.(Rick Kern/Getty Images)Representatives for Cudi and M.I.A.
did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment."Kid Cudi’s attempts to silence freedom of artistic expression a...