Back in 2011 on December 17th rapper Rick Ross was slated to rock the "2011 Star Mega Jam" concert in Nigeria as its headliner. Zone P.R., the company handling the promotions negotiated with Ross' sister/manager Tawanda Roberts. An agreement was reached for an $87,500 deposit to be put into Ross'
account and in return he was to perform a few promotional duties such as radio drops for the concert. The drops were never made nor were the other promotional obligations. Ross later began to question weather they would be able to provide adequate level of security for him. On Nov. 10th 2011 Ross canceled his performance due to violence in Nigeria. Zone P.R. then attempted to renegotiate for a date in the future, but Ricky wasn't with that plan at all. To put the icing on the cake the Miami MC never returned the $87.5k deposit.
On July 3rd 2012 the U.K. Promo Company filed a $2 million lawsuit against Ross, his sister, and his manager Michael Lighty for damages incurred due to the incident.
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