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Rapper LIL WAYNE is fighting back at concert promoters in the Bahamas who are suing him over a missed concert - insisting bad security at the venue was to blame for his no-show.
The Lollipop hitmaker, real name Dwayne Carter, Jr., is facing legal action from Red City Entertainment bosses amid allegations he was too drunk to perform at a gig in Nassau on 27 September 2008.
Executives at the promotions company claim police were called to search for the star when he failed to turn up and found him passed out in his hotel room. They are suing for $432,000 (£288,000) in compensation to cover his advance payment and the cost of setting up the show.
But Wayne's manager has fired back at the accusations, claiming the concert was originally scheduled for 26 September (0
and had to be pushed back when promoters failed to come up with the rapper's full payment.
Cortez Bryant says, "Our show was set for September 26th last year. We arrived on time, ready to perform and learned that due to lack of payment from the promoters, the sound company they had hired packed up and left the venue before Wayne was scheduled to hit the stage. So they were forced to cancel the show. On those grounds, at that moment, they were in breach of contract and forfeited their deposit."
The two parties agreed to stage the show one day later - on Wayne's birthday - and he only agreed to perform if all of his demands were met.
But Bryant reveals there were further issues with the set-up of the venue and it was then that Wayne cancelled the gig, blaming Red City Entertainment for breach of contract.
He adds, "Wayne... said he would do it if the promoters had everything right, based on our contract. I then told the promoters... (that) if, and only if, there were no problems at the venue, then he would take the stage.
"When I arrived at the venue, the security was horrible, causing it to be an unsafe environment and the sound system wasn't up to our contracted standard. "I then told the promoters Wayne wasn't coming because they didn't have their setup to a contracted standard for the second night in a row."
The Lollipop hitmaker, real name Dwayne Carter, Jr., is facing legal action from Red City Entertainment bosses amid allegations he was too drunk to perform at a gig in Nassau on 27 September 2008.
Executives at the promotions company claim police were called to search for the star when he failed to turn up and found him passed out in his hotel room. They are suing for $432,000 (£288,000) in compensation to cover his advance payment and the cost of setting up the show.
But Wayne's manager has fired back at the accusations, claiming the concert was originally scheduled for 26 September (0
and had to be pushed back when promoters failed to come up with the rapper's full payment.Cortez Bryant says, "Our show was set for September 26th last year. We arrived on time, ready to perform and learned that due to lack of payment from the promoters, the sound company they had hired packed up and left the venue before Wayne was scheduled to hit the stage. So they were forced to cancel the show. On those grounds, at that moment, they were in breach of contract and forfeited their deposit."
The two parties agreed to stage the show one day later - on Wayne's birthday - and he only agreed to perform if all of his demands were met.
But Bryant reveals there were further issues with the set-up of the venue and it was then that Wayne cancelled the gig, blaming Red City Entertainment for breach of contract.
He adds, "Wayne... said he would do it if the promoters had everything right, based on our contract. I then told the promoters... (that) if, and only if, there were no problems at the venue, then he would take the stage.
"When I arrived at the venue, the security was horrible, causing it to be an unsafe environment and the sound system wasn't up to our contracted standard. "I then told the promoters Wayne wasn't coming because they didn't have their setup to a contracted standard for the second night in a row."
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