Jada Kingdom Being Sued By Former Manager For Defamation

Dancehall star Jada Kingdom has been sued by her former management company, Pop Style Music Publishing over comments the singer made on Instagram.

In a lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court today (April 23), Jada Kingdom, whose real name is Jada Ashanti Murphy, is accused of libeling Pop Style and its principal during an Instagram Live video on April 13.

According to a statement released today, the Love Situations singer is being asked to pay damages, interest on damages, and to issue an apology for the statements she made in the live broadcast.  The management company is being represented by attorneys Johnny Robertson, Ronald Young,  Natalia Casado, and Sarah Hsia.

According to Jada Kingdom’s manager, “to hear her spew such libelous bile and defamatory untruths….is appalling and something she should be ashamed of.”

The statement reported that the lawsuit was a last resort after Kingdom and her attorneys failed to retract the comments that were made in the Instagram Live.

The genre-bending artist, who is known for songs like WiN, Heavy!, and Budum, revealed earlier this year that she would not be able to release new music in 2021 as she was “trying to just figure out mi space inna di industry.”

“I’m really sorry guys but it’s deeper than just me,” she said. “I don’t think you guys really understand when I say, ‘Yow, I don’t have a team’… The EP done, everything ready, but is a lot of politics a gwaan, a lot of f–kery a gwaan, it deeper than just music. It’s also music business and because a dat mi haffi wait so hopefully by summer mi can drop some music but if not, then next year. Mi hope unno stick around.”