Lil Wayne Bahamas Lawsuit: Rapper Claims He Wasn't Too Drunk to Play 2008 Gig

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Fact: The Lil Wayne concert scheduled for Sept. 27, 2008, in the Bahamas never took place. This Weezy doesn't dispute. But it wasn't booze, the rapper says, that kept him from taking the stage and fulfilling his contractual obligations.

As TMZ reports, Wayne has asked the courts to side with him in a 2009 lawsuit brought by promoter Red City Entertainment, which claims the MC was a drunken no-show on the night in question.

Red City claims it fronted the New Orleans rhymer $432,000 for the concert, and that on the night of the show, when cops went to rouse the absentee performer from his hotel, he was found unconscious.

"At no point [that night] did I become so intoxicated that I passed out on a bed in my suit, or anywhere else," Wayne says, according to TMZ.

Weezy's explanation: The gig was cancelled. Unfortunately, he can't remember why. As TMZ reports, the hip-hop superstar believes it "had something to do with technical difficulties, like lighting and sound problems."

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crowwwwwww

Little Pain, T-Wayne, they're all the same, just swap the name.

February 27 2012 at 8:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John

Is it me or does Lil Wayne look like Whoppi Goldberg?

February 27 2012 at 8:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andi

Who cares? It's a personal problem. Why does the public have to know this crap? Give the public a calender and a time schedule when he takes a dump too. People need to know if he uses toilet paper.
Talk about the rising gas prices and getting people jobs. And drop some hints on stopping crime.

February 27 2012 at 7:43 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Claire

When will these clubs and promoters stop booking Rif Raf. Then they won't have to have lawsuits to reimburse them for expenses on celebrities that could care less.

February 27 2012 at 7:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Claire

Rif Raf--when will they stop booking rif raf already!

February 27 2012 at 7:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
frankc354

he should be sued for more than 432000 thousand, it cost to get there,parking,sitter, dinner,all for nothing, letting him off for that is to easy,start factoring in the real costs per person it would really add up,hit him where it would hurt most in the pocketbook & quit going to his shows

February 27 2012 at 7:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nevada4me

Do you remember NOT returning the 400K? Hmmmm..

February 27 2012 at 6:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
KING EDWARD

SAD AND BAD WHEN "ANY" ARTIST DOES NOT SHOW FOR WHATEVER REASON ESPECIALLY AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN PAID AND TICKETS SOLD. RACE SHOULD NOT MATTER, ITS THE PRINCIPLES AND TACT OF THE SITUATION THAT MATTER, AND GIVE BACK THE MONEY!!!!

February 27 2012 at 6:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nonyabusiness

WHAT A SCUM BAG!

February 27 2012 at 5:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
KDC61

monkey wow that something to say wow people of today wow make you wonder ??????

February 27 2012 at 5:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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