]> http://www.musicinsight.com/taxonomy/view/or/22 en http://www.musicinsight.com/jay_z_r_kelly_tour_lawsuit <p>The Best Of Both Worlds tour, originally slated to feature R. Kelly and Jay-Z, will continue despite the departure of R. Kelly. The shows will now be billed as "Jay-Z and Friends", and the November 5th show in Miami will feature P. Diddy and Mary J. Blige.</p> <p>The tour was scheduled to run through November, and feature an R&B meets Hip-Hop bill, but everything went wrong during the Madison Square Garden show where, according to R. Kelly, he was threatened by audience members with guns and pepper sprayed backstage by associates of Jay-Z. Reports of the incident vary widely, although R. Kelly's website claims that R. Kelly was willing to continue with the tour despite the unpleasant events at the Gardens, but that Jay-Z refused to perform, causing the promoter to pull the plug on the tour. According to reports by VH-1, R. Kelly has sued Jay-Z for $75 million in damages, including lost revenue from the tour and punitive damages.</p> <!-- FASTCLICK.COM POP-UNDER CODE v1.8 for musicinsight.com (12 hour) --> <script language="javascript"><!-- var dc=document; var date_ob=new Date(); dc.cookie='h2=o; path=/;';var bust=date_ob.getSeconds(); if(dc.cookie.indexOf('e=llo') <= 0 && dc.cookie.indexOf('2=o') > 0){ dc.write('<scr'+'ipt language="javascript" src="http://media.fastclick.net'); dc.write('/w/pop.cgi?sid=511&m=2&tp=2&v=1.8&c='+bust+'"></scr'+'ipt>'); date_ob.setTime(date_ob.getTime()+43200000); dc.cookie='he=llo; path=/; expires='+ date_ob.toGMTString();} // --> </script> <!-- FASTCLICK.COM POP-UNDER CODE v1.8 for musicinsight.com --> Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:45:09 -0800