Cardi B Dares BZR WKND Jamaica Promoter to Take Her to Court: ‘I Wish On the Brightest Star for You to Sue Me’

Cardi B and BZR WKND Jamaica promoter Ryan Burke have given conflicting accounts of why she withdrew from the festival and whether she was paid. Burke says the rapper received her full fee and is refusing to return it, and says organisers plan to take legal action; Cardi’s representative says the organisers breached the payment terms, leaving her no choice but to cancel.

BZR WKND says it paid Cardi in full after an initial deposit and alleges she did not provide required promotional support, including an announcement video. Cardi says she received about $900,000 of a $1 million advance and that a later $750,000 payment for production costs arrived after she said she would withdraw; she also cites a missed 17 September deadline. Her planned set would have been her first Caribbean stadium headline performance. The festival has been shortened from four days in October to two days on 19 and 20 December.