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Though DMX's tardy appearances and no-shows at scheduled performances have been well documented, the Yonkers rapper was the victim of a real concert scam in Springfield, Illinois this past weekend.
Booking agents spent at least $1,325 to arrange DMX's performance at the Orr Building on Illinois State Fairgrounds, according to Springfield's State Journal-Register.
The phony concert brought in an estimated 500 people. But around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 5), the crowd was told that DMX would not be performing and that two men posing as the rapper's brother and nephew allegedly stole the ticket money, State Journal-Register reported.
Local concert promoters Darryl Williams and Mike Williams, president of One in a Million Inc., said they reserved the Orr Building on Saturday, hoping to schedule a concert by rapper Lil' Wayne.
A man who identified himself as Robert Walker and posed as a Ruff Ryders manager contacted fairground representatives about booking the DMX concert on that date and subsequently contacted the Williams’ seeking help “promoting” the DMX concert.
The scam artists hired local police, advertised on Kiss 99.7 and hired a limousine to take them from their hotel, which they never had a room in, to the Orr Building.
Once there, they conducted sound checks and began to stall. At one point, one of the men stepped outside to make an “emergency phone call.”
He ordered a guard to watch the area that ticket sales were being collected. A short while later, the Williams’ noticed the money was gone and the men could not be found.
Ticket holders were told they would be reimbursed by the venues where they purchased tickets.
However, the businesses said they are unable to issue refunds because the total ticket money, roughly between $8,000 and $9,000, was collected before the concert.
DMX was actually in Arizona recording his upcoming album on Saturday. Label representatives could not be reached for comment but stated that
DMX may record a radio statement to apologize to fans and clear up the matter.
The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating the incident.
Source: allhiphop.com
Booking agents spent at least $1,325 to arrange DMX's performance at the Orr Building on Illinois State Fairgrounds, according to Springfield's State Journal-Register.
The phony concert brought in an estimated 500 people. But around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 5), the crowd was told that DMX would not be performing and that two men posing as the rapper's brother and nephew allegedly stole the ticket money, State Journal-Register reported.
Local concert promoters Darryl Williams and Mike Williams, president of One in a Million Inc., said they reserved the Orr Building on Saturday, hoping to schedule a concert by rapper Lil' Wayne.
A man who identified himself as Robert Walker and posed as a Ruff Ryders manager contacted fairground representatives about booking the DMX concert on that date and subsequently contacted the Williams’ seeking help “promoting” the DMX concert.
The scam artists hired local police, advertised on Kiss 99.7 and hired a limousine to take them from their hotel, which they never had a room in, to the Orr Building.
Once there, they conducted sound checks and began to stall. At one point, one of the men stepped outside to make an “emergency phone call.”
He ordered a guard to watch the area that ticket sales were being collected. A short while later, the Williams’ noticed the money was gone and the men could not be found.
Ticket holders were told they would be reimbursed by the venues where they purchased tickets.
However, the businesses said they are unable to issue refunds because the total ticket money, roughly between $8,000 and $9,000, was collected before the concert.
DMX was actually in Arizona recording his upcoming album on Saturday. Label representatives could not be reached for comment but stated that
DMX may record a radio statement to apologize to fans and clear up the matter.
The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating the incident.
Source: allhiphop.com