Cardi B Challenges BZR’s $2.5M Claim

Cardi B denied being paid US$2.5 million for her scrapped Jamaica set, while promoter Ryan Burke sought the money back and threatened to sue.

In the video AllHipHop covered last month, she blamed plans that never came together. She said she had kept giving the team time to sort things out, but contracts barred her from sharing the full story. She still wanted to play for her fans in Jamaica.

The BZR WKND chief made his case to CVM News, the Jamaica Observer reported. He said “that money was sent directly to her. She was paid in full.”

He said he sought repayment when a proposed December 20 show looked unlikely and heard nothing back.

Cardi gave her account on Instagram Live Monday evening, November 9: “You sent me a deposit of a million dollars for the show.”

She said the next payment, meant to fund production, never arrived. She also threatened to countersue if BZR took legal action.

Her new payment account tied those stalled plans to the cost of putting on the show.

Cardi had been booked to lead “Cardi B & Friends” at Kingston’s National Stadium on October 18. Her exit left BZR without the star whose name had sold the show for months.

Both sides had taken part in the public launch in August. Cardi’s manager Kelvin Santiago joined promoter Gramps Morgan at AC Hotel Kingston, where the show was pitched as her first in Jamaica and her first stadium date.

When she pulled out in October, Cardi denied that poor ticket sales had caused her exit. Cardi said she had heard more than 18,000 tickets had sold. BZR’s team, meanwhile, asked fans to be patient while it worked through the change.

That earlier statement promised news once the team could confirm more details, without naming a new headliner or laying out a refund plan. Cardi’s team had sent people with ticket questions to the show’s promoters. Her team also told fans to watch her own channels for news of future shows.

Burke now says ticket refunds have started and that all buyers will get their money back.