This week music producer The-Dream was sued by his former protégé, Chanaaz Mangroe, who accused him of using his close connection to Beyoncé and Rihanna to lure her into an abusive and manipulative relationship [click here if you missed that].
In her lawsuit Mangroe claims The-Dream shared personal details about Beyoncé and Rihanna with her, and promised she would open for Beyoncé on tour...
From Radar Online
"From the moment Dream began texting Ms. Mangroe, he began regaling her with stories about how he helped create Beyonce and Rihanna and would do the same for her as long as she did everything he told her to do," the lawsuit filed on Tuesday read.
"Dream told Ms. Mangroe that in order to write songs for her, he needed to know everything about her, including everything that embarrassed her, upset her, angered her, and excited her – every single thought she had."
Mangroe claimed Dream told her that's how "true songwriters and producers needed to operate in order to write the right song for each artist," adding, "Ms. Mangroe needed to 'belong' to him so they could become the next 'Bey and Jay,'” in reference to Beyonce and her husband, Jay-Z.
Dream allegedly credited Beyonce's success to the "sanctuary” they had together, telling Mangroe that their bond "allowed him to know Beyonce in a way that others could not and, consequently, he could write the best songs for her."
Mangroe claimed Dream explained that a “sanctuary” was "even stronger than a spousal connection because it was about 'art'" and required her "to disclose all of her secrets and thoughts and become 'trust partners' with him." He allegedly told her this was relationship he shared with Beyoncé, claiming they were "so close that he knew about Beyonce’s pregnancy before her husband, Jay-Z."
Mangroe also alleged that Dream "frequently pitted Rihanna against Beyonce," implying the We Found Love singer "was fighting for his attention and was frustrated that he was giving it to Beyonce instead of her."
"He said that Rihanna was begging him for good records but because of his special 'sanctuary' relationship with Beyonce, he saved them for Beyonce and that Ms. Mangroe could be part of that as well," she claimed.
"According to Dream, Rihanna was possessive over him and got angry when he worked with Beyonce. In an apparent effort to reiterate how grateful Ms. Mangroe should be for the opportunity to work with him, Dream told her that Rihanna would frequently send him flowers and other gifts."
"Dream reminded Ms. Mangroe that she better be 'grateful' that he was working with her because he was putting work on Beyonce’s album on hold, and that if she wanted to reach the same level of success as Beyonce, she needed to become as close to or closer to him than Beyonce. He said that meant that Ms. Mangroe should ask and follow his advice on everything, rely on him to be her main confidant, and limit her inner circle to only those people he approved of and trusted," the lawsuit read.
Dream allegedly claimed he'd "share the specific formula he used with Beyonce" if she "acted right," and promised her she would open for Beyonce's tour, "going as far to force Ms. Mangroe to diet and exercise excessively to prepare" for life on the road.
"Dream led Ms. Mangroe to believe through manipulation and coercion that if she allowed him to completely control every aspect of her life, they could create the ultimate “sanctuary” that would surpass anything he accomplished with Beyonce or Rihanna," the documents claimed.
"For a new artist, the thought of becoming the next Beyonce or Rihanna was obviously intoxicating, and Ms. Mangroe was willing to work as hard as possible to make her recording dreams come true."
She said all that changed when she discovered Beyonce was not going on tour.
24 comments:
I’m not even half way through and I’m lmao he know rhi and bey was not fighting for his attention 🤣🤣
Hey JZee remember your favorite NYC hang out!!!
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Don't think its forgotten lipster.
Jay is next! Its only gonna take one brave soul to kick that door down.
2024 The age of being exposed.
J Z then had em all kilt.
Define open up? 🤔
Jay is not next. He moves in a much more sinister way than these other simpletons.
It's sad she fell for all that bull💩 he was shoveling.
I BELIEVE HER. Truth be told I always got a creepy vibe from him. This dude was playing mind games on her and taking advantage of her desperation to make it in the music industry. He LOW-DOWN as HELL👿
How old is she? Did he want to know when she was on her menstrual cycle as well. This dude is a creep.
First it should have been a red flag 🚩 when he told me her she would be able to open for Beyoncé. Also Beyoncé told him she was pregnant before her husband, how much sense did she have.
Jay z is not a reckless person.
So, basically they were using each other. If she would have become popular like Rihanna or Beyonce then she would be singing his praises. But she's bitter so she's suing.
IT IS Called R A P E By COERCION 🙌🏿
The Same Thing 'They' Threw THAT Disney Kid Away 💅🏿
What gets me is that he was told about Beyoncé pregnancy before she told her husband?
G@y Z IS NOT An Invincible Person -
They Looking Into Cathy's White's MURDER NOW
Why is he talking to other women about beyonc3? Didn't the dream sign an NDA (nicca don't answer) about questions of celebrities?
R a p e by coercion? Ha! Some folks will invent anything to avoid self-accountability. So if a guy who wears expensive clothes and drives an expensive car seduces a woman by convincing her that he's rich and she finds out that he's broke then he can be charged with r a p e by coercion? If a woman seduces a man by wearing tons of makeup, wigs and Spanx and he woke up and she's bald, fat and ugly then she can be charged with r a p e by coercion? Stop the madness.
6:31 you stop it...I'm ova here dying laughing 😆😆😆
Wow. Some of these comments. Rape by coercion, manipulation, lies, gaslighting, isolation, are all tactics that rapists and abusers use on their victims. Just because some of you lack the mental capacity to comprehend how rape works in the real world doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
Google is your friend. Look it up! What tactics do abusers use to trap their victims. Expand your knowledge base.
He sounds like Sean Kingston with Justin Bieber
@10:05
These days r@pe is defined as anything a crying woman says it is. Back in the day, we had victims being physically overpowered and violently sexually assaulted. Nowadays, a woman can finesse the term r@pe as "feeling" too powerless and helpless to say "no". Our legal system has become a joke and I don't believe any woman who describes "r@pe" as a feeling, as opposed to an action. But, bc the lawsuit involves Dream, Jay, Rih, and Bey it'll gain traction and result in a nice settlement for the accuser. It's sickening.
As for the Dream...I have no doubt in my mind that fat, clout-chasing, loser said everything noted in the lawsuit. Dream is obsessed over association with Bey. I remember he turned Keyshia Cole down bc of the shade that she threw at Bey/DC Superbowl performance. He's a pickme, fat, clout-chasing loser and I know he probably did lie his ass off about his celebrity connections and what he could do for this girl's career. Sickening smdh.
Looks like Anonymous @ 7:41 PM is the smartest in this chat. Ladies, ask yourself if you really want your sons to navigate a world where a woman can retroactively 'feel' like she'd been r a p e d because of the current feelings toward you sons.
What she said he said about Rihanna makes sense. Its too close to the truth. Rihanna has lots of #1 hit songs. There's pressure on her to not flop. She is obsessed with songwriters giving her hit songs smh. She sent PND flowers and a rare Playboy magazine after Work was a hit.
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