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\n\tM.I.A.<\/a> has sued Kid Cudi<\/a> for more than $2.8 million after the musician, whose full name is Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, removed her from his Rebel Rangers Tour following \u201coffensive remarks\u201d she made while serving as opener at a recent gig.<\/p>\n \n\tIn a complaint filed in the United States Court District of California Western Division on May 29 by M.I.A., born Mathangi Arulpragasam, and obtained by Rolling Stone<\/em>, the singer claims that Kid Cudi knew her political beliefs and reputation before he asked her to open the Live Nation-produced Rebel Rangers Tour.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cM.I.A. was terminated to generate publicity for the Tour, which has struggled with ticket sales,\u201d the complaint alleges. \u201cShe was contractually allowed to say whatever she wanted on stage. M.I.A. now holds Kid Cudi accountable for his bad faith destruction of her contractual rights, business opportunities, and reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tEarlier this month, Kid Cudi announced<\/a> that he removed M.I.A. from the tour run after she allegedly told a crowd at Dallas\u2019 Dos Equis Pavilion, \u201cI\u2019ve been canceled for many reasons. I never thought I would be canceled for being a brown Republican voter,\u201d and reportedly added that she wouldn\u2019t perform her song \u201cIllegal\u201d because \u201cthere\u2019s probably one in the crowd.\u201d According to the complaint, M.I.A. allegedly said she was canceled for \u201cbeing a Republican voting American.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to Cudi when he announced he was removing her from the tour, M.I.A.\u2019s comments drew criticism from those who attended the tour, leading to the rapper announcing M.I.A. would no longer be supporting the remainder of the trek. Following her dismissal, M.I.A. clarified in a social media post that she can\u2019t vote in the U.S. and mentioned that a contingency of the Latin community also voted for Trump. \u201cSo are you going to hate them all?\u201d she wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tFollowing the Dallas show, Kid Cudi explained that \u201cAfter the last couple shows, I\u2019ve been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants. This, to me, is very disappointing and I wont have someone on my tour making offensive remarks that upsets my fanbase. Thank you for understanding. Rager.\u201d<\/p>\n