February 2, 2024
Juvenile Blasts Lovers & Friends Festival Organizers For ‘Doing Bad Business’
"Whoever in charge of Lovers & Friends, man, y'all doing bad business, man. Y'all done put my name on the flyer and y'all know you ain't sent me no deposit, ain't sent me no bread or nothing."
It looks like the folks organizing the Lovers & Friends Festival in Las Vegas in May are facing allegations of false advertising. According to Complex, New Orleans recording artist Juvenile warned the people who placed his name on a flyer advertising him as a performer for the festival on Saturday, May 4.
In an Instagram video, he made his voice heard in opposition to listing him on the flyer when the business of having him there wasn’t done. He chastised them for “doing bad business.”
In the video, which may have been deleted, Juvenile said, “Whoever in charge of Lovers & Friends, man, y’all doing bad business, man. Y’all done put my name on the flyer, and y’all know you ain’t sent me no deposit, ain’t sent me no bread or nothing. Keep on playing games, talking about y’all gonna get back at me.”
He requests that they send him the deposit to solidify his participation or remove his name from the flyer.
“Look, y’all playing games with the wrong motherf**ker, man. If y’all gonna book me, y’all not gonna book me, take my f**king name off y’all flyer. I ain’t got no problem with that. I could do something else with my time. I ain’t tripping. But don’t put my f**king name on y’all flyers if y’all know y’all ain’t pay me no money. That’s f**ked up.”
This was the flyer that the “Back That Azz Up” rapper referenced.
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But, alas, Juvy wasn’t the first artist to correct their involvement in the festival. Last week, Mary J. Blige wrote a statement after they also listed her on the flyer. She insisted that the inclusion was an error.
Mary J. Blige says her inclusion in the Lovers & Friends Festival lineup was an error: pic.twitter.com/qY5Me72Bda
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 25, 2024
Then TMZ reported that she WOULD be appearing at the festival. The media outlet stated that she would be performing, and her name was moved to the top of the updated flyer. You can see a copy of the updated flyer here.
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