R. Kelly, the man now notorious for the allegations
that he urinated on an under-age female, has sued Jay-Z for a whopping 75
million dollars. R. Kelly states that Jay-Z forcefully removed R. Kelly
from the tour due to "spite and jealousy."
R. Kelly Gets the Boot from Jay-Z
Why would Jay-Z boot R. Kelly? The reason seems to be that of the two performers
on tour, R. Kelly was paid more. This is what caused Jay-Z to become "jealous"
and do things to strike out against Kelly. These acts include purposely
lighting flubs and incidents such as R. Kelly getting blasted in the face
with pepper spray by one of Jay-Z's associates.
Soon after this incident, R. Kelly was fired from the tour by the promoter,
Atlanta Worldwide Touring; right during the middle of this 40 city tour.
Hence, R. Kelly has listed Atlanta Worldwide Touring as one of the accused
in the lawsuit. Obviously, both sides say that it was the other's fault
in causing the hostilities while on tour. Jay-Z claims that R. Kelly was
unprofessional and had unpredictable behavior. R. Kelly comes back by stating
that Jay-Z continuously engaged with misconduct to try to get R. Kelly off
of the tour.
An example of this misconduct is the pepper spray and the fact that people
in the audience [Jay-Z supporters?] would open their coats like they were
carrying weapons of some sort. So, these accusation are pretty serious...
seventy-five million dollars serious. Some would say this amount is a lot,
but considering these two were bickering over a slice of the 'first' fifteen
million they were going to make on their tour, I guess this is about normal
for rap stars... who pee on people and pepper spray one another.
I guess it is time to wear white again.
Add to Heffee!
