When Cancelling Plans Goes Wrong - Rapper Rod Wave is Being Sued for $27 MILLION For Failing to Complete His Latest Tour, Allegedly Used Money on "Private Jets and Lavish Second Homes"
Yahoo! – Rod Wave is accused in a recently filed lawsuit of owing more than $27 million to Grizzly Touring, described in court docs viewed by Complex as “a promoter of large-scale events for hip-hop and other musical artists.”
The suit is unique in that it includes extensive paperwork related to the Last Lapartist’s various tour agreements among its exhibits, including a North American tour offer signed by Rod in February 2023. According to Grizzly Touring’s legal team, per docs filed in Florida on Sept. 29, the $27 million figure accounts for “unearned and unrecouped advances” made to Rod and his Hit House Entertainment company.
Grizzly says it agreed to guarantee Rod $40,250,000 to perform 35 shows, half of which was paid upfront. Additional funds were later advanced, Grizzly added, with Rod allegedly failing to “honor his obligations” under an amended tour deal.
“[Rod Wave] has only performed 26 shows since the Last Lap tour began in October 2024,” Grizzly’s lawyers write. “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] behalf.”
Pretty fucking insane decision there, Rod. Personally, if someone slipped me a $57 million advance to perform 35 shows, I'm not leaving 9 of them on the table. Certainly not if I've already spent the $57 million on private jets and lavish second homes.
Rod “refuses to pay Grizzly a single penny,” the lawsuit further claims, adding that he “has instead chosen to spend his advance on private jets and lavish second homes.”
Guy like me, if I'm given $57 million, I'm sucking the dick (or dicks) of the people who gave me that money for the rest of my life. I'm talkin' literal dick sucking. Because I'm pretty sure the only way I would ever come into money like that would be some sort of twisted freak situation where I just so happened to be the spitting image of a old billionaire's gay lover who died in the AIDS epidemic, and him seeing me on the street brought back so many old wonderful memories that he offers me $57 million for daily dick sucks to be carrier out for the remainder of his life.
But that's just me. Rod Wave must be confident in himself and his future earnings. And rightfully so. I'd imagine a good portion of Barstool readers might not be familiar with his game, but Rod Wave is pretty damn big in the rap game.
And the thing about the rap game is that the money train is eternal, and almost never stops abruptly. Just ask MC Hammer.
I can't imagine how much you must have to truly despise your job to pull something like that. I know cancelling plans is one of the top 5 feelings ever. The days I've quit jobs have been some of the happiest days of my life. But I wasn't quite on the hook for $27M to the BGSU Dining Hall when I bailed on my dishwashing gig the first Friday night of freshman year. I gotta think that initial wave of freedom that washes over you the moment you bail on your concert tour would quickly by trumped by the $27M hole you just put yourself in. Or what's maybe even worse, the amount of time you'll now have to spend dealing with courts and lawyers to fight a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
Allegedly, Rod Wave's canceled concerts had to do with production issues "over which they have no control".
Canceled shows are also cited in the court docs viewed by Complex, with Grizzly refuting Rod’s claims that dates were rescheduled or called off entirely due to “poor scheduling and routing” on Grizzly’s part. Instead, Grizzly argues, such shows were affected by production issues, over which they have no control.
I'm not sure what production issues couldn't be overcome by $57 million dollars if they really wanted them to be. But who am I to say. Maybe all 9 of these large concert venues who booked Rod Wave, and had been expecting him for months on end, were simply incapable of producing a Rod Wave level event.
He was also apparently dealing with a foot & ankle industry.
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But with that much money on the line… considering there's a guy named David Blunts who performed from a couch on an oxygen tank despite being no more than a cheeseburger away from death.
Just wheel yourself out there if you have too. Sing from a chair. Sing laying down on your back. Send a fake Rod Wave to do your job for you. Anything. It's not mandatory that you do this at every show.
All he had to do was show a Rod Wave passing face and he wouldn't be on the hook for $27M right now. Ankle injuries are a bitch and all. I'm sure dealing with production is a bitch too. But for that much money… that's a crazy decision, Rod. Good luck in court.