April 30, 2025
Misa Hylton is suing former good friend Mary J. Blige for $5 million.
Stylist Misa Hylton is suing longtime collaborator and former good friend Mary J. Blige for $5 million.
Within the go well with, Hylton alleges her former good friend interfered with a enterprise relationship and breached a contract involving rapper Younger Vado.
In line with paperwork obtained by All Hip Hop, Hylton claims that Blige’s firm, Stunning Life Productions, is stopping the discharge of Vado’s album except he stops working with Hylton’s M.I.S.A Administration.
The settlement specified that 20% of Vado’s pay could be allotted to M.I.S.A. administration. Hylton claims that Energy Guide ll actress satisfied Vado to stop doing enterprise with Hylton and her firm.
In line with Hylton, Blige supplied unique alternatives, threatening the discharge of his album and tour. Moreover, the go well with alleges Blige’s head of safety tried to persuade Vado to signal a brand new deal with out the help of authorized counsel.
Because of these actions, Hylton’s go well with seeks $5 million in damages for “breach of contract, emotional misery, and interference with enterprise relationships.” The submitting additionally alleges Vado was put ready of “financial servitude” because of Blige’s calls for.
Hylton and Blige share a protracted historical past that dates again to the Nineties. The period marks the emergence of ladies within the leisure trade. Not but the Queen of Hip Hop Soul, Blige launched What’s the 411? Which shortly catapulted her into R&B stardom. Working with producer Sean “P. Diddy” “Puff Daddy” Combs, Blige, and the mom of Combs’s first little one, Hylton started a friendship that has lasted practically 30 years. Hylton made a reputation for herself as a stylist, shaping the look of many 90s artists, together with Blige and rapper Lil Kim.
The non-public {and professional} closeness of the ladies through the years has made the lawsuit significantly shocking to many. Blige is presently acting on her 36-city For My Followers tour. Not one of the events concerned has spoken out concerning the go well with.
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