By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
Kandi Burruss and Kim Zolciak used to be friends. Unfortunately for the reality stars of Real Housewives of Atlanta, a song would ruin a friendship and be the cause of a lawsuit. As we recently reported, Kandi is suing Kim because she claims she didn’t receive her proper cut for writing Kim’s single “Tardy for the Party.” She’s also decided to have fellow Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks represent her in the suit. Kim, however, thinks the lawsuit is nothing more than a publicity stunt, and claimed on her Twitter account that Kandi was paid for writing the song.
Kandi recently chatted it up with Hip Hollywood, and she explained why she decided to file a suit against Kim. She even admitted that she didn’t want to file a lawsuit, however, she feels she really didn’t have any other option in handling the matter.
She says:
“It’s time for the whole ordeal to be over. I asked TuneCore to take the song down in December 2012. They did. Kim sent an affidavit to put it back up, which they did. TuneCore then informed me that in order for the song to be taken down permanently I would need to file suit to have it removed. I never wanted to go that route but after being told that it is the only way to get the song removed, I had no other choice.”
Kim told TooFab that she has documents to prove that Kandi was actually “overpaid.” She says:
“This is nothing short of a publicity stunt, I find this lawsuit funny yet sad. Coming after me now and this song is 4 years old? I have in fact overpaid Kandi and have documents to prove it and my legal team will handle this accordingly.”
Interestingly enough, Kim’s daughter Brielle claims she was the original songwriter for the song, but Kandi claims the song was such a “joke” when she got it, she had to rewrite the entire thing. Brielle wasn’t so happy about that, either (read the tweets from top to bottom):
Kim knows she’s lying. She didn’t pay Kandi, hence the lawsuit. LOL.
LOL exactly.
Just like she didn’t pay the lady for decorating that house either!
Oh Kim please…
Kim is such a compulsive liar…you can’t believe anything that comes out of her mouth.
#TeamKandi
Kim’s a liar. The end.
No one believes you Kim…
Brielle needs to stay out of grown folk’s business.
EXACTLY! I was wondering why she was saying anything.
I don’t believe Kim!!!!
I don’t know why Kandi agreed to do the song in the first place. Kim has always been shady. You don’t do business with shady people.
If I remeber well. I believe it was a folklore song written by the old man in season one who showed up with his banjo playing the song for Kim in her living room. He need to be suing everyone. I though Bravo gave Khandi a spin off show for that ordeal Khandi Hit Factory. I think the “Smalls” were kissing Kims a-s so bad all of them and are pissed off because they were not in her show. Don’t hate the player hate the game! Khandi has been in the music game for years. Why did she give Kim an exception to the rule when she has wrote songs for several people in the industry. Cover your a-s. Kim did what Kim was suppose to! Take a page from NeNe Leaks who knew all of them before the fame. I guess that is what happens when you act brand new instead of “TRUE”!