A concert featuring
Juelz Santana at a local club in Allentown, Pennsylvania turned violent yesterday
(July 16), after the rapper left the club without performing for the capacity
crowd of about 1,000 people.According
to Allentown’s Morning Call, police in riot gear lined the streets after
fights broke out in the audience, prompting fans to head for the exits. The promoter
of the event, Lamont "El Dorado" Williams and Crocodile Rock’s manager
Tom Taylor disagreed as to why Santana didn’t perform as scheduled.
Williams said he paid Santana $20,000 to perform and plans to sue the rapper for
breach of contract, while Taylor blamed Williams’ opening act for causing the
disturbance.”It
was not Santana at all," Williams told the Morning Call. "He
was ready to play, El Dorado’s band just wouldn’t get off the stage."According
to Taylor, Santana was scheduled to hit the stage at 1:00 am, but he showed up
15 minutes earlier than expected and demanded to perform. When Taylor shut off
the final opening act’s microphones, the group smashed sound equipment and allegedly
incited the crowd from the stage.The
crowd had already become agitated, as ticket prices were more than the advertised
$23 price. Williams, who collected the ticket money at the door, said he left
the venue to pursue Santana during the chaos, but didn’t return because he was
afraid the crowd might turn on him.Crocodile
Rock’s owner, Steve Kahlon said he plans on hosting another event to make up for
the fiasco, but added that he plans on filing a lawsuit against Santana as well.
”We
need to do something for our patrons, because they paid for a show that didn’t
go on,” Kahlon said.Two
people were arrested and four people were treated for minor injuries at Sacred
Heart Hospital.
