R. Kelly’s concert tour had a rough start as it was, with all the mandated court appearances cutting into showtime and whatnot. Now it’s losing its opening acts. “Let them tell it, I was removed from the R. Kelly tour because of contractual agreements not being met,” Ne-Yo said in an interview with BET. “But that’s absolutely false.” Seems that, fittingly for an R. Kelly tour, there was some Oedipal shit* going down behind the scenes.
“I believe it was because the first few reviews of the show, people were talking more about my set than his and I don’t think he liked that too much,” said Ne-Yo. So will he be spraying R. Kelly down with a can of mace the next time they run into each other? He laughs, “Nah, Nah. I’m gonna keep doing what I do, because it’s obvious that’s what was hurting him.”
Now Ne-Yo, you know we love you more than cranberry sauce, but though he may be crazier than a middle-aged woman drunk off tryptophan and box wine, you may remember R. Kelly reminding you repeatedly that he is the king of R&B. That was no idle boast, though if he keeps dropping padded crud like Double Up, you have a chance to take him down for good (provided the Cook County penal system doesn’t get there first).
Ne-Yo Booted Off R. Kelly Tour [BET]
* In this case the mother would be the American public’s affection. Or something.
The category for this post makes me happy.
R. Kelly peed on a girl. Now — maybe I just need to be refreshed on this, but has Ne-Yo ever peed on a girl?
Huh?
That’s right. I didn’t think so.
I wouldn’t want to be on tour with Kells anyway. Can you imagine what his tour bus must smell like?
@KingHater: Allegedly.
I guess Ne-yo got to thinking he was irreplacable.
Ne-Yo could probably already retire off his songwriting chits alone. And from what I’ve heard, his live performance is just amazing.
@rhythmchyc: I’m guessing Hennessy and Lip Smackers.
I’ve seen Ne-Yo’s live show, and it’s OK, but not so amazing that a headliner should be afraid of him blowing them off the stage (seriously, dude needs to disabuse himself of the illusion that he’s a good dancer).
I’m still curious whether Keyshia Cole’s supposed diva fit about being slotted before Ne-Yo (who has substantially bigger-selling albums and higher-charting singles than her) has something to do with him getting kicked off the tour.
Well now I feel less bad about missing this show. But still kinda bad.