As the story of last night’s drama in Kansas City unfold some possible explanations are coming to light. Read last night’s post about the incident here.

The comment section of Pitch Blog is blowing up as it normally does with people that very strongly believe in their view points…the heated back and forth comments have a few gems of information.

(Via Paul on PitchBlog)

I was a stage tech for this show and I can tell you that the ONLY thing Jazzy Jeff was warned about was pushing his mix too hard. At the risk of damaging an audio system worth over 50 grand, he was POLITELY asked multiple times to lower his outputs. He acted like a complete prima donna – not a professional. Jeff was not removed from the stage, his completely disrepectful MC was. Jeff responded by walking off. There is an issue here of professionalism and responsibility for ones actions. How you can possibly chalk this up as racism is a total mindblower. You have to ask yourself…why would P&L book Jeff, knowing who he was and what he played if they intended to boot him off the stage in the name of racism. Does that sound like an intelligent PR move? The doors of P&L are open to anyone who comes to enjoy a safe, fun atmosphere.

Was DJJJ pushing his music so hard it was making the speakers clip?

In the same comment thread Steve has this to say…

Steve says:
So there’s a half a million dollar PA system but no compressors or limiters installed to prevent output signals from clipping/damaging equipment? Sounds fishy to me…

Skillz a preforming DJ responds to allegations of sound problems.

I was the MC there.My name is Skillz ..for proof hit me @ twitter.com/skillzva and Jeff didn’t push any levels..we were told that they didn’t want RAP music played after we started. The mgr’s exact words to our road mgr was ” we don’t want TI played here” as we played Live Your Life feat. Rihanna. We played clean versions and I didn’t curse or disrepect the venue or the crowd. We played Kanye, TI, Neyo and Big Markie’s Just a Friend..which are all top 40 or known records. I was told by my road mgr to annouce to the crowd why were were stopping. I asked why? And he said they said they don’t want rap music played” I said you want me to say that to them ” and he said yes. So I did. I said word for word ” I have just been informed we have to stop because they don’t want rap music played here” I said jeffs website address and we left. I dropped the mic( and that was the only thing that couldve been taken as disrespect). We went backstage and the Barcardi people apologized to us. I went to the side of the stage to speak to a friend. And the stage a guy walked up to me and said ” why would you do that” I’m like ” do what” he replied ” why would you turn the crowd against me” and I’m like ” excuse me, who are you?” And he replied to the cops ” I want him off the property” and I was escorted out. It was 30 people there with me when that happened.I left. Later that night we were told that ” my posture ” was an issue. They said I continued to grab my crotch and throw gang signs. It was never an issue of sound. They didn’t want rap music in their spot. And me being there dressed with my jeans and my hat on backwards telling peeps to sing the words to Neyo was too much for them. I’m sure they’re thinking different this morning though.

This is video taken by Patrick Binder right before he was asked to stop playing.

Ouch and another blow from opening act Z-Trip via Twitter.

Leavin KC. Def 1 of the top 5 most bizzare shows ever. They did Jeff wrong. Don’t blame all of KC, just the racists who ran that spot. Weak.

Just when it seemed like the racial issues and drama surrounding the Power and Light District were calming down Cordish decides to throw more drama and bad publicity at themselves.

DJ Jazzy Jeff is a hip hop and R&B record producer and turntablist. He is the first rapper to ever win a Grammy in 1989. On Saturday night he played a show in the Kansas City Live portion of the P+L District when according to his Twitter account he was kicked off. The confusion and anger was shared by Z-TRIP who was Jeff’s opening act.

Wow! The venue didn’t want any rap music. Jazzy Jeff got pulled off stage by the club 4 palyin TI. Fuckin crazy. What year is this? Good God (Via Z-TRIP’s Twitter stream)

Photo courtesy of Zappn crew member Brock Masterson

My thoughts? This is tough because there has been no official word from Cordish but it seems like the best case scenario is that they were not at all knowledgeable of the acts they signed up for that concert. It is also interesting that the opening act was a rapper and according to him everything went really well. The worst case is something entirely different.

Even IF DJJJ played something that wasn’t agreed upon what could it have possibly been to warrant stopping the show and escorting him out? They have to understand how terrible this decision looks. The only thing that could possibly warrant something like this is a large scale concern for safety but nothing of that nature has been reported by anyone involved.

The Power and Light District Failed Kansas City Tonight. These happenings makes us look narrow minded and backwards. DJJJ apologized to the city for the events that took place.

Read more @ Pitch Blog, DJJJ’s Twitter stream, Z-Trip’s Twitter stream, and the search term “Jazzy Jeff” on Twitter.

Below are some more reactions from people that were there…

We thought there was a problem with the equipment and that’s why his set stopped. I am extremely upset that whomever hired him didn’t know what music he played. They made KC look ridiculous by pulling his set. (Via Patrick Binder)

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His set was literally only 20 minutes before they pulled the plug…

…Thats all he was playing. He started with Big Pimpin, I heard A Milli, Biz Markie, T.I., Dead Prez, Collie Buddz, etc…

…Kansas City Retext this: P&L cut DJ Jazzy Jeff off for playing Hip-hop. Fuck P&L forever. Never attend there again…. (Via Dj_Sku)

(Photo courtesy of Whitney Mathews @ Spiral 16 Flick Page)