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Rita Ora is suing Jay Z's record label Roc Nation for allegedly 'orphaning' her without proper support or promotion for her music.
The X Factor coach has filed suit in California, claiming that the Roc Nation contract she signed back in 2008 for five albums violates the state's so-called 'seven-year rule'.
The law in California stipulates that a personal services contract cannot be lawfully enforced beyond a seven-year period - although its standing has been challenged in court often.
According to documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Ora's lawsuit alleges that Roc Nation's expansion into sports management has hurt the music side of its business.
The singer argues that the label prevented her from releasing material beyond her one and only album Ora - and left her stranded at Sony after moving its distribution deal to Universal.
Her lawyers write in the suit: "When Rita signed, Roc Nation and its senior executives were very involved with her as an artist.
"As Roc Nation's interests diversified, there were fewer resources available and the company suffered a revolving door of executives.
"Rita's remaining supporters at the label left or moved on to other activities, to the point where she no longer had a relationship with anyone at the company… Between Sony's limited economic return from its orphaned relationship with Roc Nation and Sony's indirect relationship with Rita, Rita is caught in a political quagmire of dysfunction."
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http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...fair-contract/
I guess there's now a reason why she's only just coming to release her 2nd album - she was struggling to make music because of their limited resources.