Nicki Minaj is laughing off a $30 Million lawsuit from her former wig designer ... claiming the guy is nothing without her -- and hinting he fried his career like a bad perm by pissing her off. Minaj just filed her response to Terrence Davidson's suit ... and she brushes it off as sour grapes "because he lost his most famous client." Nicki also dismisses Davidson's claim she prevented him from becoming a reality TV star ... claiming...
- 5/20/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
With her long brown hair, muted makeup, and modest dresses on red carpets as of late, Nicki Minaj may have you wondering, "Who's that girl?" Indeed, the "Super Bass" singer, 31, has ditched her trademark colorful hairstyles and wild makeup in favor of a more ladylike style for The Other Woman premiere in Los Angeles on April 21 and at the MTV Movie Awards on April 13. Since splitting with her main wig man, Terrence Davidson, in January 2013, Minaj has worn mainly blonde hairstyles. "I started working [...]...
- 4/22/2014
- Us Weekly
Los Angeles, Feb 22: Hairstylist Terrence Davidson has sued his former celebrity client, singer Nicki Minaj, in an intellectual property lawsuit over wigs.
Davidson has filed a $30 million federal lawsuit against the entertainer, reports contactmusic.com.
Minaj has reportedly repeatedly stolen his ideas without compensating him for his efforts.
Davidson alleged in his lawsuit that he started working for Minaj at the beginning of 2010. He worked as the wig maker for most of her public appearances, including her 2010 MTV Video Music Awards pre-show.
The hairstylist believes that he has helped create her image and so, he wants to be compensated accordingly.
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Davidson has filed a $30 million federal lawsuit against the entertainer, reports contactmusic.com.
Minaj has reportedly repeatedly stolen his ideas without compensating him for his efforts.
Davidson alleged in his lawsuit that he started working for Minaj at the beginning of 2010. He worked as the wig maker for most of her public appearances, including her 2010 MTV Video Music Awards pre-show.
The hairstylist believes that he has helped create her image and so, he wants to be compensated accordingly.
Ians...
- 2/22/2014
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
London, February 22: Nicki Minaj's former hairstylist has sued her for stealing his wig designs and selling it.
Terrence Davidson, who made wigs for the 'Starships' singer, has claimed that her representatives had discussed launching a reality TV show or creating a new wig line with him, but later he was ignored, Sky News reported.
In the lawsuit, he has accused Minaj of cheating and harming his business by selling branded wigs for massive profits on her website, without including him.
He has also claimed that his "fresh, hip, and unique wigs" were a large part of the physical transformation that helped catapult her to superstardom.
The 'Super Bass' singer has joined the judging panel on American Idol. (Ani)...
Terrence Davidson, who made wigs for the 'Starships' singer, has claimed that her representatives had discussed launching a reality TV show or creating a new wig line with him, but later he was ignored, Sky News reported.
In the lawsuit, he has accused Minaj of cheating and harming his business by selling branded wigs for massive profits on her website, without including him.
He has also claimed that his "fresh, hip, and unique wigs" were a large part of the physical transformation that helped catapult her to superstardom.
The 'Super Bass' singer has joined the judging panel on American Idol. (Ani)...
- 2/22/2014
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
She’s well-known for her dramatic hairdos, and Nicki Minaj is now the target of a wig-maker looking for a payday.
The “Super Bass” babe was slapped with a lawsuit courtesy of “wig guru” Terrence Davidson, who claims Nicki stole his designs to make her own line of hairpieces, and she hasn’t compensated him appropriately.
Citing Minaj’s 2010 MTV Video Music Awards “pink upper bum wig” among dozens of other allegedly stolen designs, Davidson says he’s entitled to $30 million.
Terrence’s lawyer Christopher Chestnut told press, "Her lawyers may complicate it, but we don’t need to get into intellectual-property law. This is basic American morality. Nicki Minaj lied to this man and cheated him. It’s a classic David versus Goliath situation.”...
The “Super Bass” babe was slapped with a lawsuit courtesy of “wig guru” Terrence Davidson, who claims Nicki stole his designs to make her own line of hairpieces, and she hasn’t compensated him appropriately.
Citing Minaj’s 2010 MTV Video Music Awards “pink upper bum wig” among dozens of other allegedly stolen designs, Davidson says he’s entitled to $30 million.
Terrence’s lawyer Christopher Chestnut told press, "Her lawyers may complicate it, but we don’t need to get into intellectual-property law. This is basic American morality. Nicki Minaj lied to this man and cheated him. It’s a classic David versus Goliath situation.”...
- 2/22/2014
- GossipCenter
Nicki Minaj has become entangled in quite the hairy legal situation. The singer and former “American Idol” judge has been slapped with a lawsuit by a man claiming to be her former hair stylist, who alleges that Minaj swiped his wig designs for her own wig and fragrance lines. In the suit, filed in U.S. district court in Georgia on Friday, Terrence Davidson claims that he started working for Minaj in 2010, and came up with a number of Minaj’s eye-catching wigs, including the pink upper bun wig she sported at a Video Music Awards pre-show, a fox fur-patterned wig and.
- 2/21/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Nicki Minaj is being sued by her former "wig guru" for allegedly taking his designs, then selling and licensing them without giving him a share of the huge profit. Photos: Espn The Magazine's Music Issue Now seeking $30 million in damages, Terrence Davidson alleges that the 31-year-old singer stole the hair creations that he personally designed for her, and that her management team also discouraged him from taking a multimillion-dollar reality show deal, telling him that it would damage his relationship with Minaj. According to the legal documents filed at an Atlanta courthouse on Friday, Davidson says
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- 2/21/2014
- by Debbie Emery
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The guy who credits himself for making Nicki Minaj a bizarre spectacle is now suing the rapper, claiming she stole his wig designs and cheated him out of millions of dollars.Terrence Davidson claims in his lawsuit ... he's a big reason for Nicki's success. He rewinds to 2010, when he created what he calls a panoply of "fresh, hip and unique wigs" ... including the pink upper bun wig, the fox fur wig, the pink high top wig,...
- 2/21/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Nicki Minaj has parted ways with her wig creator, it has been announced. Terrence Davidson has quit his role with the 'Pound The Alarm' star, citing creative differences as his reason for leaving. "I've decided to step away as hair stylist and wig creator for Nicki Minaj," he said in a statement to MTV. "It has been an amazing experience offering me a chance to express my creativity and exhibit my love for the art form of wig design." Minaj has displayed a (more)...
- 1/16/2013
- by By Colin Daniels
- Digital Spy
Hairstyist Terrence Davidson quit on Nicki Minaj after a working relationship of three years today. Davidson served as the celebrity hairstylist, wig creator and creative director for Minaj. Over a three year period he has created what could accurately be described as a "unique look and brand" for the eclectic Minaj that has allegedly assisted in her rise to pop stardom, if not her notoriety for odd shaped and colored hair. From his publicist's email: "After creative differences, he has decided to pursue other opportunities in building his own properties. Terrence.s work will remain to be seen through the month of February on Nicki Minaj during the American Idol tapings." "Official Statement from Terrence Davidson: .I...
- 1/11/2013
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
In one of the more bizarre stories involving a celebrities’ entourage, Nicki Minaj‘s hairstylist has quit the singer’s team, citing “creative differences.” But in a surprising twist, Terrence Davidson issued a press release to announce the end of his working relationship with the American Idol judge after three years of service. “Terrence Davidson most recently served as the celebrity...Read more»...
- 1/11/2013
- by Gabrielle Chung
- Celebuzz.com
Hairstylist behind 'Super Bass' video and many more dishes to MTV News about the Roman Reloaded rapper's otherworldly looks.
By Rebecca Thomas
Nicki Minaj
Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/ WireImage
In a way, the evolution of Nicki Minaj from Baisley Blvd.-dwelling Mc to global pop phenomenon begins with her hair.
In 2008, the Southside Jamaica, Queens, lyricist was still on her mixtape grind, and her look reflected that. In fact, the Playtime Is Over rapper looked like a lot of girls from the Q-borough: makeup from Mac, oversize hoop earrings from the Colosseum on 165th Street and down-to-there Remy extensions courtesy of the beauty supply.
But by the time Lil Wayne's protégé dropped her platinum Pink Friday debut in November 2010, it wasn't just her new Mac lipstick that was pink — her locks had taken on the otherworldly candy color, too, giving her a pop finish atypical of female MCs. Terrence Davidson, who...
By Rebecca Thomas
Nicki Minaj
Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/ WireImage
In a way, the evolution of Nicki Minaj from Baisley Blvd.-dwelling Mc to global pop phenomenon begins with her hair.
In 2008, the Southside Jamaica, Queens, lyricist was still on her mixtape grind, and her look reflected that. In fact, the Playtime Is Over rapper looked like a lot of girls from the Q-borough: makeup from Mac, oversize hoop earrings from the Colosseum on 165th Street and down-to-there Remy extensions courtesy of the beauty supply.
But by the time Lil Wayne's protégé dropped her platinum Pink Friday debut in November 2010, it wasn't just her new Mac lipstick that was pink — her locks had taken on the otherworldly candy color, too, giving her a pop finish atypical of female MCs. Terrence Davidson, who...
- 4/4/2012
- MTV Music News
Nicki Minaj is just as well known for her red carpet costumery as she is for her kaleidoscope collection of wigs.
So it was about time Allure (aka the monthly authority on all things beauty) caught up with Minaj, who covers their April issue, to pick her colorfully-covered brain on what inspires her statement-making hair, makeup and career choices.
In the feature, the "Super Bass" rapper reveals that her love for over-the-top hairstyles started at the tender age of nine.
"I was doing every- and anything to it—putting in wads of gel and brushing it to the next century, and just thinking I was so cute," MInaj told Allure. "I always thought I had an eye for that stuff."
Well, those big beauty ideas have definitely caught the World's eye.
Speaking of big--Terrence Davidson, MInaj's wig man, spend two days creating the Marie Antoinette-meets-cotton candy masterpiece the 29-year-old...
So it was about time Allure (aka the monthly authority on all things beauty) caught up with Minaj, who covers their April issue, to pick her colorfully-covered brain on what inspires her statement-making hair, makeup and career choices.
In the feature, the "Super Bass" rapper reveals that her love for over-the-top hairstyles started at the tender age of nine.
"I was doing every- and anything to it—putting in wads of gel and brushing it to the next century, and just thinking I was so cute," MInaj told Allure. "I always thought I had an eye for that stuff."
Well, those big beauty ideas have definitely caught the World's eye.
Speaking of big--Terrence Davidson, MInaj's wig man, spend two days creating the Marie Antoinette-meets-cotton candy masterpiece the 29-year-old...
- 3/13/2012
- by Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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