Rapper Says Performance Ditch Was A Misunderstanding – Not Fraud 2 Chainz said a lawsuit accusing him of fraud for not turning up to perform at a Midwest music festival on his birthday was simply a misunderstanding – and wants the case thrown out. Concert promoter Levelland Productions sued 2Chainz and his manager in Oklahoma Federal Court last month for his no show at the Rawhide Music Festival in Stillwater, OK back in September. The promoter said he and 2Chainz agreed he’d perform at the show on Sept. 12 – his birthday. Instead, 2 Chainz showed up a day earlier and demanded to go on stage. The promoter said other acts were booked that night and he couldn’t reshuffle the lineup. 2 Chainz left, and the promoter saw on social media that the rapper performed a birthday concert in Atlanta. Levelland Productions’ lawsuit said 2 Chainz and his people knew he wouldn’t be available on his birthday, and tried to strong-arm the promoter into letting him perform a day earlier. Levelland Productions said it had to scramble to find a replacement act, and lost money in ticket sales. But the “I’m Different” rapper fired back in court docs Dec. 21, claiming that 2 Chainz’s no show amounted to a broken promise at worst, not fraud, and asked the suit to be dismissed. 2 Chainz said he genuinely believed he agreed to perform Sept. 11, not on his birthday Sept. 12, and was ready to do the show a day earlier. “This lawsuit arises out of a simple misunderstanding – a misunderstanding that the plaintiff now seeks to characterize as a ‘fraud,’” 2 Chainz’s court docs said. “After refusing to allow 2 Chainz to perform on the night he was available, plaintiff now seeks to turn the parties’ misunderstanding into a claim for fraud.” 2 Chainz’s answer also said the promoter’s lawsuit is flimsy because it isn’t specific enough on which member of 2 Chainz’s camp promised that he’d be there. It said the suit should’ve been filed in Atlanta, where all of the defendants live, instead of in Oklahoma. This isn’t the rapper’s first foray into a courtroom. Last month, he beat a defamation case from a North Carolina woman who claimed he ruined her life when he posted an unauthorized video of her with the hashtag #IsThatYoThot.
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BOSSIP Exclusive: 2 Chainz Wants Concert No-Show Case Thrown Out
