Cardi B ended his two-year legal battle with ex-businessman Klenord “Shaft” Raphael, Pitchfork can confirm. According to the court documents seen by Pitchfork, the lawsuit, including all claims and counterclaims, is “dismissed in its entirety to the detriment of all parties.” The documents, which were filed on December 24 in the Southern District Court of New York, state that “the parties further agreed that all parties to this action will bear their own costs and attorneys’ fees.”
In April 2018, Raphael (who is listed as a co-writer for “Bodak Yellow”) sued Cardi for $ 10 million, claiming he had been “frozen” from his career. He claimed that he discovered Cardi and played a “key role in the development of his musical career and public image”. Cardi moved from the KSR Shaft Group to the Solid Foundation (the Quality Control artist management arm) in March of that year.
The following July, Cardi filed a $ 30 million lawsuit, claiming that Shaft placed “barriers between [Cardi] and people close to her in an effort to maintain complete control over her “and dictated” who she should and shouldn’t see romantically. ”He called Shaft” deceitful and disloyal “and” selfish and controlling “.
Pitchfork contacted representatives of Cardi B and Klenord “Shaft” Raphael for further comments.