The "Paper Planes" rapper says she was legally allowed to speak her mind, but that Cudi fired her anyway to "generate publicity" for a struggling tour.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 21: Kid Cudi attends Netflix's "Happy Gilmore 2" New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on July 21, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
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M.I.A. is suing Kid Cudi for more than $2.8 million over accusations that he illegally kicked her off his Rebel Rangers Tour for making political statements onstage, including telling fans that she had been “canceled for being a brown Republican voter.”
The lawsuit, filed Friday (May 29) in Los Angeles federal court, says Cudi (Scott Mescudi) “directed” Live Nation to remove the “Paper Planes” rapper (Mathangi Arulpragasam) from the tour, even though she was legally allowed to speak her mind on stage under her $2.8 million contract.
