Royalty
11-01-2004, 12:13 AM
Almost a half-hour after Jay-Z appeared on Hot 97 to discuss R. Kelly’s now infamous abrupt departure from their Madison Square Garden concert Friday night (Oct. 29), the singer appeared on the station, with his side of the story.
Kelly dismissed the notion that he was jealous of Jay-Z and instead, offered a more ominous reason for the turbulence.
“I was threatened earlier,” Kelly claimed. “[Somebody said], ‘don’t come to Madison Square Garden.’ I’ve never been scared of anything but God, so I came anyway. It was nobody I knew. It happens. I travel with three kids and a wife of mine. During Jay’s part I saw a dude looking hard at me.”
As he started to perform, Kelly said he saw two men making motions as if they guns trained on him. He said the fear of imminent danger and an actual assault forced his show to falter.
He said that he refused to come back on stage until his security detail found the people that appeared to have pointed guns at him.
Kelly revealed that 40 or more police officers searched the area. After a sweep of the area, he attempted to perform with Ja Rule, but was pepper sprayed by an unnamed individual as he approached the stage.
Kelly was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital where he and two bodyguards had their eyes flushed out.
“This ain’t the first time that I been in an audience and somebody makes a messed up gesture at me,” Kelly clarified. “[But] I became nervous as hell. I was concerned about my kids and my wife so I went to the dressing room and by that time the NYPD came and I told them what had happened,” he said.
“I got pepper sprayed on the way to the stage. It went in my eye. An ambulance came and got me to the hospital. I ain't never been pepper sprayed in my life. It was in my eyes, it was in my mouth.” he said.
Kelly said that he was willing to finish the tour, despite the highly touted collaboration between the two superstars being one of the worst in recent history.
“There are always two sides to the story,” Kelly said. “I’m willing to finish the tour. My eyes are better.”
Kelly also dismissed the notion that he harbored animosity toward Jay-Z.
“I wasn’t going to take any chances," Kelly stated. "I apologize to my fans for the show going left. I love performing and I’m still successful at it. There is no way that Jay can do better than me. We’re both at the top of our game. There can be no competing. I expected this to happen here, because this is his home.”
Kelly then alluded to Jay-Z being involved in the entire incident.
“I’m 15 years deep in the business, I know what Jay is at home,” Kelly said. “If you guys just take a minute and go back 15 years, I have never stopped a show. I’m not about competing with people.”
AUDIO--------- http://stream.allhiphop.com/RKell.ram
----SOURCE---ALLHIPHOP.COM
Kelly dismissed the notion that he was jealous of Jay-Z and instead, offered a more ominous reason for the turbulence.
“I was threatened earlier,” Kelly claimed. “[Somebody said], ‘don’t come to Madison Square Garden.’ I’ve never been scared of anything but God, so I came anyway. It was nobody I knew. It happens. I travel with three kids and a wife of mine. During Jay’s part I saw a dude looking hard at me.”
As he started to perform, Kelly said he saw two men making motions as if they guns trained on him. He said the fear of imminent danger and an actual assault forced his show to falter.
He said that he refused to come back on stage until his security detail found the people that appeared to have pointed guns at him.
Kelly revealed that 40 or more police officers searched the area. After a sweep of the area, he attempted to perform with Ja Rule, but was pepper sprayed by an unnamed individual as he approached the stage.
Kelly was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital where he and two bodyguards had their eyes flushed out.
“This ain’t the first time that I been in an audience and somebody makes a messed up gesture at me,” Kelly clarified. “[But] I became nervous as hell. I was concerned about my kids and my wife so I went to the dressing room and by that time the NYPD came and I told them what had happened,” he said.
“I got pepper sprayed on the way to the stage. It went in my eye. An ambulance came and got me to the hospital. I ain't never been pepper sprayed in my life. It was in my eyes, it was in my mouth.” he said.
Kelly said that he was willing to finish the tour, despite the highly touted collaboration between the two superstars being one of the worst in recent history.
“There are always two sides to the story,” Kelly said. “I’m willing to finish the tour. My eyes are better.”
Kelly also dismissed the notion that he harbored animosity toward Jay-Z.
“I wasn’t going to take any chances," Kelly stated. "I apologize to my fans for the show going left. I love performing and I’m still successful at it. There is no way that Jay can do better than me. We’re both at the top of our game. There can be no competing. I expected this to happen here, because this is his home.”
Kelly then alluded to Jay-Z being involved in the entire incident.
“I’m 15 years deep in the business, I know what Jay is at home,” Kelly said. “If you guys just take a minute and go back 15 years, I have never stopped a show. I’m not about competing with people.”
AUDIO--------- http://stream.allhiphop.com/RKell.ram
----SOURCE---ALLHIPHOP.COM