Misa Hylton may be willing to drop her $5 million lawsuit against longtime friend Mary J. Blige if the singer makes things right with her signed artist, Vado.
In case you missed it, Hylton claims Blige and her company, Beautiful Life Productions, sabotaged Vado’s career by pressuring him to end his management deal with Hylton. The suit alleges that Mary threatened to block him from touring or releasing music if he didn’t comply, and followed through on those threats.
“Ms. Hylton did not want this to become a public matter,” her attorney Nicholas Ramcharitar told AllHipHop. “She exhausted every avenue before resorting to the courts. It’s tragic. These women were closer than biological sisters…This lawsuit wasn’t Plan A, it was Plan Z.”
He said the last time they spoke was on the Amalfi Coast in August.
“After that, radio silence. No texts, no calls, no invites,” Ramcharitar added. He also claimed Blige kept the rapper off her recent tour, despite promises.
According to the suit, Hylton and Vado inked a management deal in July 2023, granting her 20% of his earnings, followed by his distribution deal with Mary’s company in October. But by July 2024, Hylton alleges Blige threatened to shelve Vado’s finished album unless he dropped Misa, reportedly influenced by Blige’s boyfriend and security chief, who allegedly wanted to manage Vado himself.
Hylton claims to have private messages as proof and says Blige’s actions left Vado in “economic servitude.”
“If Mary steps up… yeah, that could move the needle,” Ramcharitar said. “But there’s more to consider.”
