More hip hop litigation. Rap group Cypress Hill have been sued by US music promoters Wavecrest Media over claims they refused to return a $150,000 deposit after a 2004 concert in Tennessee was cancelled at the last minute because of Hurricane Ivan.
The rappers were booked to play alongside Petey Pablo, Alien Ant Farm and Apex Theory at the Tennessee State Fair in September 2004, with Wavecrest reportedly planning to record the event for a future DVD. But the 'category 5' hurricane hit the US on 16 Sep that year forcing the event to be cancelled at the last minute.
Wavecrest say that, because of the circumstances surrounding the cancellation, Cypress Hill are obligated to return the deposit they received when they were booked to play the event, but as yet the group have refused to do so. The promoters have filed papers at the Davidson County Court in Nashville in a bid to secure repayment. Cypress Hill are yet to respond to the litigation.