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Cardi B hit with civil battery lawsuit following 2023 Las Vegas concert incident
Cardi B is being sued by an unidentified woman who claims she was attacked by the rapper with a microphone at a 2023 concert she attended. Image: Image:Instagram/@spicybardi Rapper Cardi B is facing a civil battery (common assault) lawsuit stemming from a July 2023 concert incident at Drai's Beachclub in Las Vegas. The lawsuit, filed by an Ohio woman identified in court records as Jane Doe, alleges that the US rapper threw her microphone into the crowd, striking her after she (Jane Doe) splashed a small amount of her drink toward the stage. According to 'People', the lawsuit claims that the 'Bodak Yellow' hitmaker seemed visibly overheated on stage and, while holding a mic, asked the audience to splash her with water. Doe claims she acted in response to Cardi B having encouraged fans earlier in the show to splash water on her to cool off. According to the court complaint, when Doe complied, Cardi B allegedly 'suddenly and forcefully' hurled the mic in her direction, causing a physical impact and emotional distress. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ The complainant is now suing the Grammy-Award-winning rapper for the alleged assault and negligence, which she claims caused her 'severe emotional distress, shock, humiliation, and physical injury'. Additionally, she is suing Drai's management group for negligence. According to the allegations, Cardi B acted in apparent anger and without warning, suddenly and forcefully throwing her microphone directly at Doe, which caused her to experience immediate fear of harm. After the incident, the woman reportedly filed a police report. However, the case was closed due to insufficient evidence, and no further action was taken at that time. Despite the Las Vegas police closing the criminal case due to insufficient evidence, Jane Doe is now pursuing civil action to hold Cardi B accountable. The lawsuit also notes that the microphone was later auctioned for nearly $100,000 (over R1.7 million), which Doe claims further worsened her emotional distress.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sting says governments have neglected the North East for decades
Sting is in a reflective mood. The Grammy-Award-winning singer-songwriter grew up in Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and tells me he is "very proud" of his Tyneside roots. But the musician is less complimentary about the way the North East of England has been, as he puts it, "wilfully neglected by successive governments for decades". As he announces a significant donation to an arts institution in Gateshead, he also told the BBC: "The statistics for child poverty in the area are discouraging". It's clear from our communication that Sting wants to give back to the place and the culture that made him. The former Police frontman is donating an undisclosed amount to the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, sometimes described as the Tate Modern of the North East of England. It's nearly 50 years since The Police released their debut album featuring tracks such as Roxanne and Can't Stand Losing You. Those decades have brought him everything a boy who dreamed of musical success could have wished for; he's sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, as The Police frontman and bassist, and later as a solo artist. In 2022, he also made a reported $300m (£222m), selling his back catalogue to Universal Music Group. The years haven't been as kind to the region where he was raised and where a third of babies, children and young people grow up in poverty, according to recent data from the End Child Poverty Coalition. When Sting was born Gordon Sumner in 1951, the son of a milkman and a hairdresser, the North East still had a proud tradition of shipbuilding. He's previously said that his earliest memory was "a massive ship at the end of my street, towering over the houses and blotting out the sun". But after the decline of that industry, Sting - the yellow and black sweater he wore while performing in a jazz band as a teenager earned him the nickname and it stuck - tells me, despite "all the empty promises of 'levelling up'", for years governments have disregarded the North East, "ignoring its significant historical contribution to national life, both industrial and cultural". In response to Sting's criticisms, a government spokesman said it would "fix the crisis we have inherited". It's investing £140m in the seven most deprived towns in the North East, including Washington and Jarrow, as part of a wider £1.5bn investment across the country and told the BBC it is "taking decisive action to tackle the scourge of child poverty". He remembers a childhood rich in culture, despite his humble beginnings. "We didn't have any books in the house", he tells me by email, but "I was fortunate in the 60s to have had access to Wallsend library". He also recalls access to drama at the People's Theatre in Jesmond, one of the oldest non-professional theatre companies in the UK, visits to the Laing Art Gallery and also making his professional debut as a musician in the orchestra pit at The University Theatre. "All of these institutions gave me a sense of the world beyond the shipyard where I was raised." The River Tyne's most famous shipyard, Swan Hunter in Wallsend, shut in 1993. Sting describes the now disappeared shipyard to me as "a real and symbolic victim of Government neglect if not betrayal". He tells me "I had to leave the area to 'make it'" - he moved to London in 1977 and soon after formed The Police with guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland - but his ties to the North East still apparently run deep. As a young Wallsend local, he tells me his love of music was fostered when he saw the virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist Andrés Segovia perform with the chamber orchestra that was then still called the Northern Sinfonia, at Newcastle's City Hall aged 14. A year later, in 1967, his mind was blown when Jimi Hendrix played the legendary (and long-gone) gig venue Club a'Gogo. The American guitar prodigy had been brought to the UK by the Newcastle-born bass player of The Animals, Chas Chandler. Fifteen-year old grammar school boy Sumner couldn't believe what he was seeing, later describing how he "lay in my bed that night with my ears ringing and my world view significantly altered". In 2023, North Tyneside Council honoured the cultural impact of his work and his connection to the region, granting him the Freedom of the Borough. At 73, he appears to be thinking deeply about the importance of cultural experiences for children growing up in the North East now. He says he has a debt to the region that he needs to pay back, telling me that art involves "the nourishing of creative sparks that can lie dormant in even the poorest households if not encouraged by exposure to human potential". Which brings him to the Baltic, which, like museums and art institutions across the UK, is facing challenging financial times in an era of diminishing public investment. It opened in 2002 in a converted flour mill, a key part of the regeneration of the Gateshead quayside on the south bank of the River Tyne. The Baltic showcases some of the world's best contemporary art - Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley were amongst the first to exhibit there - and also takes an innovative approach to enticing people into the artspace. There's a café called The Front Room, with free tea, coffee and biscuits sponsored by a local company and breakfast clubs for hungry children in the school holidays. Sewing circles, book clubs, parent toddler groups and others use the space free of charge. In the past, local pit villages and council estates have been leafleted to advertise the Baltic as a centre for everyone. More than 300,000 children and young people take part in Baltic activities and programmes every year. Sting's donation kickstarts its plans to fundraise for a £10m Endowment Fund of private investment to safeguard free entry to the centre and ensure its community work can thrive into the future. "The creative arts are of vital importance to the wellbeing of the community as a whole," he tells me and the Baltic "should be a beacon of hope for regeneration". He's currently on a world tour with his trio Sting 3.0. Amongst a packed schedule across the US, Asia and Europe, with summer dates in the UK including headlining at the Isle of Wight Festival and Latitude, he'll be heading to Tyneside for one night in October for a gala performance at the Baltic to help raise more funds, with tickets at £10,000 a table. He's been musing on his roots for some time. His concept album turned musical, The Last Ship, was inspired by the Tyneside shipyards of his childhood. It wasn't entirely well-received critically - or at the box office - when it premiered in the US in 2014. But it's since toured the UK, including to Newcastle, and Sting will perform in it again early next year in Paris. He wants to sing more widely about the innovative spirit he sees in the North East, telling me: "Geordies are not strangers to innovation, the steam turbine and the locomotive were developed on Tyneside. Britain's success was largely built on these inventions." Sting: AI-written songs don't impress me at all Sting picks up hometown honour after 13-year wait
Black America Web
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Black America Web
A Light Day: Doechii Joins #TeamGalaxy For The Launch Of The Samsung's New Smartphone
Source: Courtesy / Samsung Doechii's impeccable run just keeps getting better! Today (May 28th), Samsung Galaxy announced that the Grammy-Award-winning artist is the newest Team Galaxy member with a bold new campaign celebrating the launch of the favorite Galaxy S25 Edge. In a rare 'light day,' the genre-bending artist takes us through her world with the ultra-slim Galaxy S25 Edge by her side. With her now famous pal Coco (her albino alligator), they highlight how the Galaxy S25 Edge's impressive features support them at every turn and how the sleek device fits seamlessly into her style-forward, always-on lifestyle. The collaboration celebrates Doechii's big switch to Samsung Galaxy thanks to her and the brand's shared values of being innovators who push boundaries in music and technology. Whether she's rehearsing, working out with Now Brief, or just soaking up a rare off-day, the Galaxy S25 Edge is right there with her, delivering style, performance, and serious staying power. To celebrate, Samsung will be hosting an exclusive event, Live on the Edge, featuring a private performance from Doechii at the Edge NYC in Hudson Yards on May 30th in New York City. Fans can tune in the global livestream beginning at 8pm on May 30th on Samsung's YouTube channel. Shoutout to Doechii for making yet another power move. Check out the campaign below! SEE ALSO A Light Day: Doechii Joins #TeamGalaxy For The Launch Of The Samsung's New Smartphone was originally published on
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Internet Is Divided After Doja Cat Seemingly Urged Music Fandoms To Go Outside And Stop Obsessing Over Streams On The Internet
You know Doja Cat. The Grammy-Award-winning rapper and singer seemingly called out fandoms obsessed with charts and streaming numbers, and it's caused quite a stir on the internet. In all fairness, social media has become a battleground for fandoms of major artists like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and more. While battling for the title of the better artist, the conversation of who has the highest streams and most chart-topping songs is always a central topic. Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for The Recording Academy, Marleen Moise / Getty Images In a now-deleted X post on May 2, Doja wrote, "the amount of streams on a song isn't indicative of the quality or effort put into it." Taylor Hill / FilmMagic, @DojaCat / The "Kiss Me More" singer said, "If you disagree with this you could be having and episode and should seek love from the outside. Go for a run." Related: These 19 Celebs Started Acting As Kids, But Are Wayyyy More Popular Now — So I'm Positive You Won't Be Able To Identify Them From A Childhood Photo "Take a look in the mirror and ask yourself in the safety of your mind if you are proud of that person or if you even like what you see. Next, do not punish yourself," she continued. Doja urged people not to "sabotage" themselves but "Rather take it as an opportunity to become an even better version of who you once were. Look at it as the beginning of a fulfilling life." "You deserve an adventure. You deserve to feel the sun on your skin. Don't trade that for being on this app with the blinds drawn. You deserve more," she finished. Related: People Are Sharing The Celebrities They Genuinely Feel Bad For, And It's Heartbreaking Indeed, the fandoms (who weren't specifically named) took this message well, right? Not quite. The internet was pretty divided in their response to Doja Cat, who basically told everyone to go outside and touch the grass. Here are some of the best responses that weren't highly inappropriate or riddled with mindless negativity: One person responded, "This is the hypocrisy I talk about, when your song bangs and everyone is bragging about the stats online, you never say shit like this to let them know it doesn't matter to you. You saying this when you're flopping is counterintuitive and honestly shameful." Another person said, "Doja keeping it real as always. She's right though—music is about expression and connection, not just numbers. A good reminder to step back and touch some grass." "Unforunatley your fans (Kittens) along with the rest of stan twitter has spent the last 5 years comparing debut spotify streams, daily streams, & global peaks to other female rappers and their respective songs/albums. I agree that sales, numbers and charts are not the end all be all of Popular Music, but you are a mainstream artist & your numbers or lack there of, are always going to be apart of the conversation," another X user wrote. In a lengthy response, another X user wrote, "the amount of words in a tweet isn't indicative of clarity or wisdom. if you think it is, you might be projecting and should consider touching some actual grass. log out. hydrate. ask yourself in silence why your validation depends on downplaying others. next, resist the urge to overtalk. you don't have to be the main character every scroll. sometimes the best version of you is the one who said less. take this as a chance to become someone people don't roll their eyes at. you deserve that peace. you deserve fresh air. you deserve the freedom of not tweeting like a motivational villain. you really do." Finally, this person wrote, "She put everyone in their place without being mean. This is what kindess looks like even when you are trying to prove an important point." Doja did respond to several of the X posts, expressing that she offered her "respect" because some people defended their lifestyle. She expressed to another X user that might be projecting their fear, and she understands but can't hold their anger. I want to hear your thoughts. Who are your favorite artists, and do you think charts and streaming numbers truly matter in regard to their success? Also in Celebrity: These 21 Celebrity Ex-Marriages Were So Brief And Bizarre, They Practically Evaporated From Hollywood History Also in Celebrity: 28 Celebs Who Never Seem To Get Canceled Despite Some Pretty Awful Behavior Also in Celebrity: 33 Years After Getting A Breast Reduction As A Teenager, Drew Barrymore Made A Rare Comment About The Plastic Surgery
Buzz Feed
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
The Internet Is Divided After Doja Cat Seemingly Urged Music Fandoms To Go Outside And Stop Obsessing Over Streams On The Internet
You know Doja Cat. The Grammy-Award-winning rapper and singer seemingly called out fandoms obsessed with charts and streaming numbers, and it's caused quite a stir on the internet. In all fairness, social media has become a battleground for fandoms of major artists like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and more. While battling for the title of the better artist, the conversation of who has the highest streams and most chart-topping songs is always a central topic. In a now-deleted X post on May 2, Doja wrote, "the amount of streams on a song isn't indicative of the quality or effort put into it." The "Kiss Me More" singer said, "If you disagree with this you could be having and episode and should seek love from the outside. Go for a run." "Take a look in the mirror and ask yourself in the safety of your mind if you are proud of that person or if you even like what you see. Next, do not punish yourself," she continued. Doja urged people not to "sabotage" themselves but "Rather take it as an opportunity to become an even better version of who you once were. Look at it as the beginning of a fulfilling life." "You deserve an adventure. You deserve to feel the sun on your skin. Don't trade that for being on this app with the blinds drawn. You deserve more," she finished. Indeed, the fandoms (who weren't specifically named) took this message well, right? Not quite. The internet was pretty divided in their response to Doja Cat, who basically told everyone to go outside and touch the grass. Here are some of the best responses that weren't highly inappropriate or riddled with mindless negativity: One person responded, "This is the hypocrisy I talk about, when your song bangs and everyone is bragging about the stats online, you never say shit like this to let them know it doesn't matter to you. You saying this when you're flopping is counterintuitive and honestly shameful." Another person said, "Doja keeping it real as always. She's right though—music is about expression and connection, not just numbers. A good reminder to step back and touch some grass." @cryptodrugs101 / "Unforunatley your fans (Kittens) along with the rest of stan twitter has spent the last 5 years comparing debut spotify streams, daily streams, & global peaks to other female rappers and their respective songs/albums. I agree that sales, numbers and charts are not the end all be all of Popular Music, but you are a mainstream artist & your numbers or lack there of, are always going to be apart of the conversation," another X user wrote. In a lengthy response, another X user wrote, "the amount of words in a tweet isn't indicative of clarity or wisdom. if you think it is, you might be projecting and should consider touching some actual grass. log out. hydrate. ask yourself in silence why your validation depends on downplaying others. next, resist the urge to overtalk. you don't have to be the main character every scroll. sometimes the best version of you is the one who said less. take this as a chance to become someone people don't roll their eyes at. you deserve that peace. you deserve fresh air. you deserve the freedom of not tweeting like a motivational villain. you really do." I want to hear your thoughts. Who are your favorite artists, and do you think charts and streaming numbers truly matter in regard to their success?
