Singer and X-factor judge Rita
Ora has filed a lawsuit against Jay Z’s record label Roc Nation in court so she
could gain freedom from the contract she had signed with the company.
The singer, 25, who hasn’t
released an album in three years, filed papers at LA’s Superior Court, and her
attorney lashed out at the “diminished” company’s “revolving door” of
executives, and describes her relationship as “irrevocably damaged”.
Rita, who signed to Roc
Nation in 2008, claims she funded her own video shoots, recording costs and
promotional TV appearances, and alleges the company has become inattentive.
A source said:
“She’s recorded at least
three albums' worth of material.”
The source said it was due
to be released last summer, but the date was postponed when her ex-Calvin
Harris pulled all his material.
“Then she was going to
release to coincide with her stint on The Voice, but the plans were shelved,”
the source said.
“This year, she had been
due to release in September and in November 2015 which would have coincided
with The X Factor. That didn’t happen. She managed to collaborate with Sigma as
she appears as a featured artist so the project wasn’t funded by her label.
“She’s angry that she’s
only released one album in seven years, in what was up to a five-album deal.
She wants freedom from them.”
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