Cardi B is not taking the blame for her canceled Jamaica show, and she wants Ryan Burke to take it to court. The BZR WKND Jamaica organizer said on TV that he plans to sue her, and Cardi answered with a video daring him to do it. She also says she will sue him right back.
What Happened
Cardi was booked to perform at Kingston’s National Stadium on October 18. About 10 days before the show, she canceled, and her message was short: “Just know, it wasn’t me.”
Then on Monday, Burke went on CVM Television and said he was seeking legal action against her. He also claimed Cardi was paid in full for the performance, HotNewHipHop reported, and he put that number at $2.5 million.
Cardi’s Side of the Numbers
Cardi says that math does not add up, and she laid out her version in a video on social media. Here is what she claims:
- The agreed advance was $1 million, and she received $900,000 of it.
- Production money was supposed to arrive by September 17, and she says it never came.
- She says she got $750,000 only after she pulled out of the show.
That is a big gap from “paid in full.” Of course, these are claims from both sides, and we have not seen any paperwork. But Cardi was loud and clear about where she stands.
Festival, Not a Cardi B Concert
The heart of her argument is about who was supposed to pay for what. She says Burke was trying to put the production costs for the whole show on her, even though the event was billed as a festival where she was headlining.
“You was trying to use the verbiage, like, ‘Oh no, this is not a festival. This is a Cardi B concert.’ No, this is not a Cardi B concert. This is a festival and I’m headlining. This is two different things.”
She also explained why the timing fell apart. In her words, “You only gave me a week and a half because you were supposed to send the production money.” She said cargo would have been too late to send, and that flights and hotels were extremely expensive that close to the date.
The Dare
Cardi did not stop at defending herself. She told Burke she wished he would sue, saying, “I wish on the brightest star for you to sue me.” Her reason was that she wants to get money out of him.
She then pointed to the courtroom as the one place he cannot just talk his way through. “One [place] you cannot lie is that courtroom,” she said, adding that his claims amount to defamation of character and that she will “sue you right back.”
The Takeaway
This is now a public fight over who paid what and who was responsible for production, and both sides say the other is lying. If a lawsuit actually gets filed, the paper trail will settle it. We will be watching.