Jay Z's Company Sues Rita Ora: You Owe Us Over $2 Million

Roc Nation, the music label run by Jay Z, is now suing Rita Ora.

The label claims it signed Rita in 2008 when she was an unknown and invested millions in her career. In return she had to deliver 5 albums, but the label says it only got one.

As we previously reported ... Rita filed a lawsuit back in December claiming she had a bunch of new music for her second album but the label hadn't released it, instead focusing on repping pro athletes.

But according to Roc Nation's lawsuit, the label has already spent more than $2.3 million marketing her second LP and the point of the lawsuit is to get the money back.

There's another twist ... Ora's attorney, Howard King, claims Jay Z;s  already promised to release Rita from her contract ... so the lawsuit will probably just go away.

However, on Rita's side: 

Rita Ora's decision to sue Jay Z's Roc Nation record label was reportedly sparked by her feud with Rihanna.

It's no secret the pair haven't always got along and now it's alleged Rihanna, who signed to Def Jam in 2005 when Jay Z was President before later moving to Roc Nation, played a part in Rita not getting treated as a priority at the company.

The Poison singer reportedly found out the Bajan-born star had been offered all the hit tracks before she was, even though she's still yet to make a follow-up to her 2012 debut.

This was said to be the final straw for the star who is now suing the rapper's Roc Nation label, which also has the likes of her ex Calvin Harris on their roster.

“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," it said.

The paperwork continues to call Roc Nation a “diminished" record label with "only a handful of admittedly worthy heritage superstar artists."

In an attempt to break her contract, Rita is citing Labour Code §2855, known colloquially as the ‘Seven Year Rule’.

The code was successfully used by actress Olivia De Haviland in 1944 when she filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros, setting a precedent for future cases in the showbiz industry.