Two years after settling her legal battle with Roc Nation, Rita Ora is accusing her former record label of discrimination. Ora explained why she felt like JAY-Z’s label discriminated against her as a woman in an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times. Ora explained, “but I do feel I got discriminated against because I was a woman. I almost felt — maybe this is just my interpretation — I could have had a better chance if I’d been male.” Ora also said, however, that the split with Roc Nation was amicable. When she later bumped into JAY-Z and label president Jay Brown, she said they “were very cordial” in greeting her. Ora plans to release her new single “Girls,” featuring Cardi B, Bebe Rexha, and Charli XCX on May 11 via Atlantic Records, the same day as the launch of her upcoming European “Girls Tour.”
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