New York, NY – Cardi B has fired back at her ex-manager with a lawsuit her own.
Through her attorneys at Robins Kaplan LLP, led by Paul LiCalsi, Cardi B is counter-suing Klenord Raphael, KSR Management and WorldStar Entertainment Group for more than $15 million. The suit was filed on Thursday (July 5) in the Southern District New York.
In the suit, Cardi claims her manager was trying to control too many aspects her personal life, including the relationship with her now-husband Offset. She also alleges her ex-management team tried to take more than what they deserved under a typical management contract.
Cardi, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, alleges that Raphael tried to take 50 percent her Sony Music publishing deal.
As previously reported, Klenord Raphael — known pressionally as “Shaft” — sued Cardi B for $10 million in April. He claimed to have “discovered” her and said his team was personally responsible for the hit single “Bodak Yellow.”
At the time the lawsuit, Raphael asserted it was Cardi’s publicist/makeup artist that “turned her] against him.”
Cardi’s lawyers declined to comment at press time.