UPDATE: Ne-Yo Speaks On The Double Up Tour Drama
Nov 21 | by Natasha
Ne-Yo hit up DC's 93.9 radio station a few minutes ago to discuss with EZ Street and the listeners about the real reasons he was dropped from the Double Up tour. Reports broke today stating that Ne-Yo had been dropped from the tour because of a certain unsigned contract. Ne-Yo did say in these reports that the whole situation was unfortunate because he had been practicing for months and had already performed shows.
But Ne-Yo now says that he was told to tell people his being dropped was due to financial and contractual issues. But actually it was because he challenged some of the goings on behind the scenes of the tour. And that may or may not (he purposely remained vague on the issue)have led to contractual obligations not being fulfilled. He discussed how simple things like a dressing room were not given to him and his dancers because R. Kelly wanted all 7 of the dressing rooms to himself. He also said that R. Kelly and his people were quite unprofessional and demanded Ne-Yo's rehearsal times be cut short. Basically he wasn't feeling the respect level given to him and said "No" to many of the unplanned and slightly disrespectful changes. And apparently, after Keyshia Cole threw a fit and threatened to not perform on opening night because she didn't like that R. Kelly's people slated her to go on before Ne-Yo, they didn't drop her for challenging their decisions. And Keyshia still ended up not performing that night. Ne-Yo says all that wasn't cool and he's being treated unfairly.
He says he definitely still respects R. Kelly musically, but not as a man. Sounds like The Kells' divatude is back in play...reminiscent of the Best of Both Worlds Tour with Jay-Z. And we all know how that ended up. Ne-Yo was asked about whether any lawsuits would come of this and he responded with the typical "We'll see what happens" response. He also says now that he has all this free time on his hands, he's trying to put something together on his own for his fans. Peep the audio:
[audio:neyo.mp3]
Interesting.
Ne-Yo hit up DC's 93.9 radio station a few minutes ago to discuss with EZ Street and the listeners about the real reasons he was dropped from the Double Up tour. Reports broke today stating that Ne-Yo had been dropped from the tour because of a certain unsigned contract. Ne-Yo did say in these reports that the whole situation was unfortunate because he had been practicing for months and had already performed shows.
But Ne-Yo now says that he was told to tell people his being dropped was due to financial and contractual issues. But actually it was because he challenged some of the goings on behind the scenes of the tour. And that may or may not (he purposely remained vague on the issue)have led to contractual obligations not being fulfilled. He discussed how simple things like a dressing room were not given to him and his dancers because R. Kelly wanted all 7 of the dressing rooms to himself. He also said that R. Kelly and his people were quite unprofessional and demanded Ne-Yo's rehearsal times be cut short. Basically he wasn't feeling the respect level given to him and said "No" to many of the unplanned and slightly disrespectful changes. And apparently, after Keyshia Cole threw a fit and threatened to not perform on opening night because she didn't like that R. Kelly's people slated her to go on before Ne-Yo, they didn't drop her for challenging their decisions. And Keyshia still ended up not performing that night. Ne-Yo says all that wasn't cool and he's being treated unfairly.
He says he definitely still respects R. Kelly musically, but not as a man. Sounds like The Kells' divatude is back in play...reminiscent of the Best of Both Worlds Tour with Jay-Z. And we all know how that ended up. Ne-Yo was asked about whether any lawsuits would come of this and he responded with the typical "We'll see what happens" response. He also says now that he has all this free time on his hands, he's trying to put something together on his own for his fans. Peep the audio:
[audio:neyo.mp3]
Interesting. 
















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First, chicas!!
3:32 am - Nov 21, '07
r.kelly came to chicago on
6:09 am - Nov 22, '07
that keyshia video funny i
6:31 am - Nov 22, '07
One word: karma. That man's
6:50 am - Nov 22, '07
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12:25 pm - Nov 21, '07
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12:27 pm - Nov 21, '07
The audio is not working.
1:28 pm - Nov 21, '07
R KELLY IS JUST AS
4:49 pm - Nov 21, '07
I'm not even sure that I
4:55 pm - Nov 21, '07
okay r. kelly was wrong for
4:27 am - Aug 26, '08
Go get 'em Mike and Bohwe
5:00 pm - Nov 21, '07
Mike, that's what up. We as
5:22 pm - Nov 21, '07
Thank God people are coming
5:23 pm - Nov 21, '07
At least Ne-yo had sex with
5:27 pm - Nov 21, '07
I think R.Kelly is ugly too.
5:53 pm - Nov 21, '07
[quote comment="15653"]Ne-Yo
7:36 am - Apr 1, '08
JayZ has first hand
6:15 pm - Nov 21, '07
R. Kelly is uglier than Neyo.
6:17 pm - Nov 21, '07
NE-YO STILL LOOKS GOOD EVEN
4:22 pm - May 16, '08
I really think that R. Kelly
6:37 pm - Nov 21, '07
Wow! I am just *FOL* over
6:42 pm - Nov 21, '07
YEAH UMMMM R.KELLY....SLOWLY
6:45 pm - Nov 21, '07
.........a friend of mine
7:03 pm - Nov 21, '07
[quote comment="14108"]If you
7:14 pm - Nov 21, '07
AMEN to that one. Kells
7:18 pm - Nov 21, '07
R. Kelly is a mess. I'm a
7:39 pm - Nov 21, '07
[quote comment="14211"]Wow!
7:53 pm - Nov 21, '07
R. Kelly is a total JERK. I
8:13 pm - Nov 21, '07
I wouldn't pay to see a child
8:31 pm - Nov 21, '07
YO NE-YO LOOKS GOOD IN THAT
4:18 pm - May 16, '08
[quote comment="14094"]The
8:56 pm - Nov 21, '07
AMEN to DOWN & DIRTY!!!!
9:06 pm - Nov 26, '07
R Kelly is an ass. I saw him
9:01 pm - Nov 21, '07
[quote comment="14127"]R
9:07 pm - Nov 21, '07
It's funny how everybody
9:27 pm - Nov 21, '07
After he married a 15 yr
9:56 pm - Nov 21, '07
*gasping @ LoLo* Wow...how
10:16 pm - Nov 21, '07
J Holiday is the actual
10:19 pm - Nov 21, '07
Say it again! How can they
10:18 pm - Nov 26, '07
Ne-Yo is a narcissus neophyte
10:04 pm - Nov 29, '07
alright black people... get
10:24 pm - Nov 21, '07
No wonder white people don't
10:27 pm - Nov 21, '07
Say it again! How can they
10:20 pm - Nov 26, '07
kells is fowl. always have
8:36 am - Nov 21, '07
I'm from Chicago and don't
10:32 pm - Nov 21, '07
Neyo didn't have no business
3:34 am - Dec 2, '07
Has Kells been CONVICTED of
11:39 pm - Nov 29, '07
[quote comment="15663"]Has
11:43 pm - Nov 29, '07
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11:49 pm - Nov 29, '07
PEOPLE,PEOPLE,rkelly is using
4:26 am - Nov 30, '07
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