Rod Wave has shared that he doesn’t need to be referred to as the “sad” rapper anymore.
The singer-rapper addressed the moniker and meme that he’s change into well-known for over the years throughout an look on the Joe Budden Podcast after he was requested about his music.
“Pardon my ignorance, but do you have happy songs?” Budden requested as the room laughed.
“Shit like that make you don’t want to be that sad n***a,” mentioned Rod. “You walk in the room and bitches be like (sucks lips).”
“I even told my girl one time, like damn this music is hard but I don’t want to keep being the sad n***a,” Rod continued. “I feel like the concerts and shows and shit, it shows me who fuck with this shit.”
Rod continued on, explaining his response to followers after they name him unhappy. “I got to tell people when I made the song, that’s what I was feeling,” he mentioned. “You heard the song eight months later. I’m good.”
In different Rod information, the artist has filed a countersuit in opposition to a promoter who sued him for $27 million for allegedly violating their contract after the cancellation of days on the Last Lap Tour.
In courtroom paperwork, Rod accused Grizzly Touring of trying to lure him in an “exclusive arrangement.”
“Grizzly Touring’s lawsuit is baseless and an unfortunate extension of its prior failed attempts to trap Rod Wave into an exclusive arrangement,” the assertion learn.
In an announcement from his legal professional, James Sammataro, Wave alleged that Grizzly was trying to pressure him into indentured servitude.
“Grizzly is not entitled to this improperly requested specific performance or equivalent injunctive relief, which effectively amounts to an indentured servitude,” Sammataro wrote. “Defendants have lost confidence in Grizzly as their tour promoter and no longer wish to perform services for Grizzly or receive Grizzly’s services.”
Grizzly alleges that the $27 million they’re in search of is for “unearned and unrecouped advances,” claiming that they agreed to pay the rapper $40,250,000 to carry out 35 reveals. Half of the payment was allegedly paid up entrance.
“[Rod Wave] has only performed 26 shows since the Last Lap Tour began in October 2024,” Grizzly’s legal professional wrote. “That means [Rod] has only earned $29,900,000 against the guarantee, pursuant to its terms, and, as a result, now owes Grizzly $27 million for the amounts Grizzly advanced and paid on [Rod’s] on behalf.”
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