Dream Team Entertainment LLC is demanding $525,000 from The Game for failing to perform at the Kentucky Derby, The Jasmine Brand reports.
The promotion company first filed a lawsuit in October of last year after the rapper cancelled his set when he was denied the request to be the headlining act. Dream Team demanded the return of a $35,000 deposit and a $30,000 cancellation fee, neither of which it says was paid by The Game.
The Compton, California rapper has reportedly not appeared in court and on October 30, the company filed a request for a default judgment against him. Dream Team is seeking $355,000 in lost revenue, $160,000 from ticket sales and $10,000 from promotion of the performance, for a total of $525,000 in damages.
(This story was first published on October 21, 2014 and is as follows.)
According to a lawsuit filed by Dream Team Entertainment LLC last week, rapper Game skipped out on a performance at the annual Kentucky Derby Festival earlier this year because he could not serve as the headlining act.
Courthouse News reports that the Compton, California rapper signed a contract for the event on April 11 of this year and then received a $35,000 deposit for his scheduled performance, which was to take place on May 2 in Louisville, Kentucky.
In the lawsuit, Dream Team Entertainment LLC states that it received a phone call from a person representing Game informing them “that the Game would not be performing unless he was headlining the event.”
The promoter claims that Game subsequently dropped out from performing at the show and did not return the $35,000 deposit or pay the $30,000 cancellation fee.
As a result, Dream Team Entertainment LLC is seeking $75,000 in damages.
Over the past few years, Game has been hit with a handful of lawsuits, including one filed on behalf of G-Unit affiliate 40 Glocc.
In 2012, 40 Glocc filed a lawsuit against Game for $4.5 million following an assault that took place earlier that year. According to the rapper, he was attacked by Game and 15 other men outside of a mansion in Hollywood, California.
LMAO this washed up bum selling 27k first week and cancelling shows at the Kentucky fucking Derby because they wouldn’t make him the headliner?
I Heard Jayceon Taylor CANT PAY THE RENT
And I heard he got a new house for 20 milion $ .
i highly doubt that but hes not starving or broke
120k actually He’s doing fine.
wait til tonight/tomorrow when you see dem numbers
hes at 23,725 as of yesterday… what will your excuse be then? unaccounted for sales? a typo by HDD, billboard, etc..?
“And I heard he got a new house for 20 milion $”
hahahahahahaha piru? more like prius
game isn’t worth 8 figures fuck a celebritynetworth.com he got raped
This mothafucka should be happy someone wants him to perform at all but instead, he acted like a fuckin diva. When he stops gettin offers for shows, what then? Wise up before that money dry up!
In other news Chief Keef has been dropped from Interscope
classic case of these rappers thinking they’re bigger than they really are
(irony for the guy who made a song called bigger than me)
It’s okay guys he just had a change of heart
reach half a million music listeners www . elitestarpromotions . com
wait til tonight/tomorrow when you see dem numbers
hes at 23,725 as of yesterday… what will your excuse be then? unaccounted for sales? a typo by HDD, billboard, etc..?
Most of the copies were bought on friday and saturday. It will be at 120k.
Nah, that’s the total spreading all days. It won’t even be close to 120K.
“One of the other half-dozen lawsuits the Game has faced at least six since 2012 says he falsely accused a babysitter of touching children inappropriately.
Another says he skipped out on two 2012 concerts in the Middle East.
The Game meanwhile has accused several record companies – including Aftermath Records and Interscope Records – of withholding royalties.”
What a piece of shit getting on twitter and instagram and falsely accusing a babysitter of touching children.
hes a crook he must be broke to be keeping money he didnt earn for all because the promoters wouldnt let him “headline”
Games a Whiney bipolar attention whore bitch, fucking period. He’s not good enough to be the headliner, maybe if he stuck with his style from the documentary album but noooo he had to go the gay route and do collabs and features with anyone and everyone, while still blindly jumping into beefs, then quickly jumping out of beefs when confronted by young Chicago kids on his own turf in La. He’s washed up, no game even the nose ring won’t bring you relevancy
Game lost
Final numbers are in folks
GAME BLOOD MOON: YEAR OF THE WOLF EONE30,544
At least he sold more than DJ KHaled and Birdman’s Rich Gang
this isn’t a real album. Everyone knows that. It was just a mix tape essentially to kick off the new label. the real album is the next one with actual high end producers and such.
did you see those features? somebody is losing money on this one
You’re missing the 1 before the other digits in the sales figure making this over 130k.
new label? he had “his artists” on 3 songs that’s not a compilation game will never put anyone on
the mixtape was really just game saying “hey look at me im still here and I still have a couple rapper friends”
Why would you have Game headline an event that caters to rich old white people?
the better question is why Game would demand that he headline such an event
Actually the ky derby race caters to rich white folks…but the nightlife after the race belongs to the hood. They used to have cruising up and down Broadway where niggaz bring out the cars and the chic’s is out and the whole city it turned up on Broadway…the ppl from Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee , st.Louis, chi town, and surroundn area wld come out just to turn up cuz it was live, but then of course niggas started aktn stupid and started robbn and killn and innocent ppl were getting killed year in and year out so they stopped cruisin. Now mfs jus cum out and go to the clubs and turn up where they have a lot of appearance by whoever’s hot…jus giving u a little backdrop on da ville. Dont believe erthng u see on TV Bruh. If you go to uoutjbe and search ky derby cruising…you will see what I’m talkn about.
but but but hes got to pay 2 Chainz, Yo Gotti, Soulja Boy, TI, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Ty Dolla Sign, French Montana, Tyga, Bobby Shmurda, Freddie Gibbs, Young Jeezy and Kevin Gates before he can pay!
how can you headline a Festival with an Album full of features he’d would have to take the whole hip hop community on tour with him which he cant afford to pay them all upfront just in case it got cancelled
meanwhile next month Gunit could make 400K+ dollars Independently off 3 lil shows.
He lucky they only want the money the already paid. Most people would have sued him for more
Can you not read?
“The promoter claims that Game subsequently dropped out from performing at the show and did not return the $35,000 deposit or pay the $30,000 cancellation fee.
As a result, Dream Team Entertainment LLC is seeking $75,000 in damages.”
They want the money back plus 30k for cancelling.
This shows how crazy Game is…..IF he still was going to make the same amount of money regardless if he was the Headline or not….Why not do it….Makes no sense
And how the hell is paying Game 60K to preform 2006 Hits
it doesnt say they were paying him $60K, he got a $35k depostit they want back and the other 30K is for a cancellation fee
^you don’t know either
how is game going to headline anything today?
and a game show must be trash every song hes done has a feature on it minus 5
the little bit of info about deposit and contract should tell you bobby shmurda’s mom is a horrible mgr
A word to the wise…………………..GAME STR8 BEASTIN ON THESE NICCAS
He gonna be filing bankruptcy to real soon. Forty did some BI isht by filing the suit but the idiot game told on himself by posting the video.