Nas no-shows Angola concert, promoter kidnapped by African thugs

@My_nameaintearl

Damn, Nas lost again. Now his losses are getting potentially deadly. Smarten up, stans.

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An American concert promoter claims he and his son were abducted at gunpoint in Angola ... all because rapper Nas failed to show up for a heavily promoted New Year's Eve concert.

A rep for AllGood Entertainment CEO Patrick Allocco tells TMZ ... Patrick and his son were snatched by hired goons working for a local "concert impresario" named Henrique “Riquhino” Miguel ... who anted up big bucks for the NYE show.

Allocco's people claim Nas and opening act Jemiah Jai were paid $315k to perform two shows ... but failed to board their flights in the U.S. in time to make it on stage in Angola.

According to Allocco's team ... Miguel was PISSED ... and didn't want Allocco to leave the country without resolving the whole money issue ... so he sent his people to take them into custody at gunpoint.

Allocco's people claim Patrick and his son were handed over to local authorities, where they were detained and interrogated for nearly seven hours.

The local U.S. Embassy finally stepped in and got them sprung.

A rep for the U.S. Embassy confirms ... Patrick and his son are now "in residence" at a local hotel while the two sides try to resolve the money situation.

Allocco's people gave up this statement from him ... "The hope is that Nas and Jemiah Jai will return all of the monies that were wired to them immediately so that our ransom may be paid and our safe return to the United States may be facilitated."

Calls to Nas and Jai have not been returned.

lurkinassnigga

TL;DR: Nas gets paid to do a show in Angola, doesn't show up. Concert promoters currently being held hostage until Nas pays up or does the show.

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Hillsboro-woman-trying-to-free-cousins-held-in-Angola-136674963.html

HILLSBORO, Ore. – A Hillsboro woman says her cousin and his son are being held against their will in Angola after the artists he helped book for a New Year’s Eve concert did not show up to perform.

Barbara Callahan told KATU News Tuesday that she fears her family members are being used as collateral and there’s nothing she can do about it.

“The other people in Angola handling the concert were using my cousin and my nephew as a bargaining chip,” said Callahan.

Callahan says she's called everyone from local representatives to the United States Embassy for help.

Rap artist Nas and opening act Jemiah Jai were supposed to perform a New Year’s Eve concert in Angola, according to Patrick Allocco, Callahan’s cousin and CEO of All Good Entertainment. Allocco says he was the middle man in the concert deal.

The artists never showed up, despite getting $315,000 in advance to perform. According to Allocco, Nas and Jemiah Jai failed to board their flights in the United States in time to reach Angola for the concerts.

Allocco told KATU News by phone that he and his son were taken by local authorities at gunpoint and interrogated for 7 hours.

“They grabbed my son, they grabbed me and they forced us, pushed us up against the car, threw us into the car and drove us to a local police precinct,” Allocco said.

The U.S. Embassy stepped in and took Allocco and his son to a secret location.

Allocco says they are still being told that whether or not they can leave Angola will depend on the performers.

He said he’s tried to contact the performers’ agents, but they are not returning calls. KATU News also tried to contact them, but our phone calls were not returned.

“Nas performs the concert or the money gets repaid. Short of that you’re not leaving Angola,” said Allocco.

ROFL.GUY

welcome to last week

icecoldstew

ROFL.GUY wrote: »

welcome to last week

.........U lucky that thread dont exist anymore. or does it......