Rapper Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, has responded to a lawsuit claiming he and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl at a party in 2000. The lawsuit, filed under New York’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, includes allegations of assault at a post-MTV Video Music Awards party. Jay-Z denounced the lawsuit as a ‘blackmail attempt’ while Combs, currently jailed on sex trafficking charges, denied the claims, dismissing them as publicity stunts aimed at extracting payments from celebrities.