Ne-Yo Dropped From R. Kelly ‘Double Up’ Tour

[Mackin]

&B singer Ne-Yo, who was tapped to open for R. Kelly on his Double Up tour alongside Keyshia Cole and J. Holiday, was relieved of his duties just a week into the trek, his label has confirmed.

"I am disappointed that I won't be able to perform for my fans," the singer said in a statement from Def Jam. "I love being on stage in front of fans because of the immediate feedback you get. You know right away if they are feeling you; and they were really feeling our show."

The statement did not elaborate on the reason behind Ne-Yo's exit, but in an interview with BET.com, the artist did.

"Let them [Jive] tell it, I was removed from the R. Kelly tour because of contractual agreements not being met, but that's absolutely false," Ne-Yo said. "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."

Neither Def Jam nor Jive were available for comment at deadline, although an R. Kelly spokesperson insisted to Billboard.com that Ne-Yo's departure was contractual, and not related to any animosity from Kelly.\

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003676181


From Other sources:

s some of you may have heard, Ne-Yo was dropped suddenly from R. Kelly's 'Double Up' tour a few couple of days ago. Whilst, at the time, 'contractual reasons' were cited as the reason, the 'Do You' singer has spoken out about the situation on a Washington radio station. Check out the report below via Natasha over at YBF:

    ...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.

Whatever the real reason, it was pretty messed up to drop him from the tour - especially after Keyshia Cole's rumored behaviour. all of this makes me question R. Kelly's logic; I mean, with his trial coming up soon, he's gonna need every bit of good press he can get and this definitely isn't a good look.

..^^^If this has been posted up here, then let me know..
I did check, but came up short..
props!!

P.S I know Info is Old..but felt like seeing what your thoughts are on it!!

[swangin and bangin]

yea this is old, but fuck that molester
ne-yo is koo

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

Remember when Kellz fucked the best of Both Worlds tour over?


Kellz gets jealous, and acts on it.


Ne-Yo is the next MJ.

[funkkid]

that fool is jealous of people that get more shine than he does

[Sikotic™]

R. Kelly's days are numbered anyways. Let him have the spotlight while he still can.

[-CaliKid-]

Kellz is actin' like a lil' bitch, for real

[Cheese]

Ne-Yo is the next MJ.

 

[187_gangsta_crip]

Kells is way better than Neyo

[Mackin]

Yeah it's a little over a month old!!!
Weird how Kellz is acting!!
By the way dude sings, you'd figured he had the crow eating right out his hands!!!!!

Keyshia Cole was acting up on the Tour as welll