Lil Kim Gets Sued for Allegedly Being a ‘Menace’ to Work With

Photo Credit: @lilkim Twitter
Photo Credit: @lilkim Twitter

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Female rapper Lil Kim might be all set to make a comeback to Hip Hop, but even though she keeps churning out new music, it appears that bits of her past of catching up with her, at least in a legal sense. Over the weekend, it was reported by TMZ that her former business manager has filed a lawsuit against her and claims she cost him to lose a lot of money (millions) thanks to a failed business deal which consisted of a line of endorsements. In the paperwork filed, he also accuses her of being a menace to work with. The website reports:

 

Andrew Ro says his company, International Rock Star Corp, inked a licensing deal with Kim back in August 2012 and planned to roll out a slew of products, including a perfume line, clothing line, vodka drink, energy drink, Steve Madden shoe line and even a honey maker.

Problem is Ro says Kim was a menace to work with and often refused to come to project meetings unless she was being paid extra for her time — making it difficult to get anything off the ground.

Not only that, he says when a project was finally executed — like her perfume — Kim refused to promote the product and then stopped taking their phone calls.

After Kim cut contact, Ro says she fired off a cease and desist letter regarding future projects too … and then filed a lawsuit claiming IRS tricked her into a bad licensing deal.

Ro fired back with his own suit, claiming Lil Kim’s to blame and her antics cost his company $15 million.

11 comments

  1. Kim needs to get herself together. She seems to make too many terrible business decisions. She could have been a way bigger star if she was smarter about handling her business. Oh well.

    1. And I’m not surprised either every time Nicki Minaj acts unprofessional on American Idol and throws Twitter fits of rage. #simmerdown

      1. Oh here you go…I really think you aren’t a Kim stan, you just hate Nicki. For no reason too…

  2. Endorsement deals? Why do these rappers keep screwing up endorsement deals? That’s an easy way to make lots of money. Smdh.

    1. Seriously? I still think she’d bury Nicki in a battle though. I think you know that too…

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