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Less than a month after Kid Cudi<\/a> booted<\/a> M.I.A.<\/a> as an opener from his North American Rebel Ragers tour for making \u201coffensive remarks\u201d onstage, she is suing the Insano<\/em><\/a> rapper for allegedly breaching the contract, according to court documents viewed by Pitchfork. She filed the complaint in the United States District Court of California Western Division on May 29. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for M.I.A. and Kid Cudi for comment.<\/p>\n In the civil lawsuit, M.I.A., born Mathangi Arulpragasam, accuses Cudi, whose full name is Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, of knowing her beliefs and reputation<\/a> as a politically outspoken artist before hiring her to perform as a nightly opener. She claims that kicking her off the tour was \u201cintentional interference with contractual relations\u201d that \u201ccaused Live Nation to breach the [contract],\u201d including a failure to pay her the $2,805,000 guarantee despite an alleged provision to grant M.I.A. and her company full creative control of her performance. The lawsuit also states that she lost merchandise sales and VIP package sales from the remainder of the tour.<\/p>\n \u201cHere is the truth,\u201d the lawsuit reads. \u201cM.I.A. was terminated to generate publicity for the Tour, which has struggled with ticket sales. She 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 After she was removed from Cudi\u2019s tour, M.I.A. claims that offers to perform at a private party for nearly $300,000 and a merch pop-up in Los Angeles were rescinded, and discussions with a sync company over a potential licensing deal were terminated. The lawsuit also states that the M.I.7<\/em><\/a> singer and her son received death threats.<\/p>\n In addition to demanding Live Nation pay her full guarantee as outlined in the contract, M.I.A.\u2019s \u201cprayer for relief\u201d includes $75,000 in compensatory damages, punitive and special damages, and coverage of her costs and attorney fees. She also demands \u201ca trial by jury on all issues so triable.\u201d<\/p>\n