Over the weekend, reports surfaced that Flo Rida did not appear as scheduled for Newcastle’s Fat As Butter festival in Australia. Promoters later noted that Flo Rida’s absence had to do with him arriving late and him not being “in a suitable condition to perform.” Promoters also acknowledged that they were upset and that they had paid Flo Rida months prior to the festival date.
The promoters then released statements on Facebook, noting that they were upset by Flo Rida’s actions and explained that they believed he was not “in a suitable condition to perform.”
“The club did everything in its power to meet the needs of Flo Rida and his management. From the demands for late specialty items in his dressing room, to offering to pay all transport expenses to get him and his entourage to the venue (after his own arrangements supposedly fell through)…Many promises were made and broken by Flo Rida and his management last night. And every time we got our hopes up that he was in transit to the venue, we would find out that he had not in fact left his hotel room. The most difficult part was then turning him away from the Club when he finally arrived nearly 3 hours after he was due on stage. We did not believe he was in a suitable condition to perform.”
Flo Rida responded with his own message to fans, saying his absence was “due to unforeseen circumstances.”
“Australian fans, I was looking forward to performing for you but due to unforeseen circumstances I wasn’t able to do so last night.”
It was also reported that a member of Flo Rida’s entourage was arrested and given a fine when Flo’s hotel suite was raided by Australian police. The detectives raided his room after they smelled a “strong smell of burnt cannabis” and Flo Rida’s personal assistant Dakari Dalawn Phillips was taken in to custody and released several hours later.
According to Faster Louder (via ONTD), officers found several items in his room including cannabis, a viagra tablet, and an uzi taser.
Earlier this year, Flo Rida was arrested for DUI in Miami Beach, Florida.
So out of Spite these Promoters sent the police to his hotel room?
Fuck Australia!! Never Ever Do a Show There EVER
…so the promoters do everything they can to get him there and meet his “needs” (and paid him!) but he’s too wasted to turn up and you say fuck Australia..? I say fuck YOU and your favourite rapper Flo Rida.!
I think its a shame he wasn’t able to perform nor did he live up to his promises. At the end of the day he has no one to blame but himself, if your mom hires a clown for your 7th birthday and he shows up drunk and strung out on cannabis do you really think she would let him perform? NO. If your going to perform for such a large audience you come on time, 20 minutes late at most, be professional and cordial, if not then you should have to refund the promoters their investment in you.
But why do they always raid…. always…
because they always have drugs… always….
but they have to have a warrant…. yet they ALWAYS raid
you don’t have to have a warrant if they smell narcotics. Also the hotel room isn’t your property.
was i the only one who also read taser and viagra tablet???! lol what was he needed those 2 items for??? lmao
lol, maybe he’s really Slo-Rida hahahaha
ZING!
ZING! LMAO Best comments ever
The rap world needs to work on this kinda shit. whenever I go to a concert i expect performers to go on late. But it seems like every time i see a rapper they go on 3+ hours late and thats just to damn long.
the cops should have put a bullet in his face, they would’ve done music a favor
I was there. That dude is a fucking joke..!
Naughty By Nature came, on time, and killed it.. Who does Flo Rida think he is? I thought it was weird they booked that pop rapper anyway.. Hopefully all his fans will recognise.
dam i don’t really like Flo but that just sucks
maybe his hairline got there before he did…
Ha ha!
HAHAHA!!!!! 1 Viagra Tablet
wanna be gangsters with uzi taser lol….
next there will be drive bys with tasers hahaha
LOL why was the viagra tablet mentioned? Just to embarrass him or is it contraband?