Jay-Z’s legal team is striking back at attorney Tony Buzbee, filing a motion to dismiss his lawsuit that accuses Roc Nation and its attorneys of hatching a scheme to pay his former clients for dirt on the controversial lawyer.
The billionaire’s lawyer argues that Buzbee’s allegations are legally flimsy and built on baseless conspiracy claims rather than hard evidence. Buzbee, a high-profile attorney with a track record of high-stakes litigation, initially sued Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, and attorney Marcy Croft. He alleged they made a covert effort to persuade his former clients to take legal action against him, even accusing Roc Nation of deploying “shadowy operatives” who supposedly dangled financial incentives to lure them toward lawsuits. The rapper and his legal team has fired back aggressively, calling the claims misguided and meritless.
The motion to dismiss emphasizes jurisdictional issues, pointing out that Croft and her firm, MJ Legal, are based in Mississippi and have no meaningful connection to Texas. Attorneys for Jay-Z argue that Buzbee’s lawsuit is a performative public-relations stunt meant to shift attention away from his own legal entanglements.