Because of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, a few artists and DJs decided to get together to put a charity show together to raise money. Unfortunately, the show didn't go as planned when Timbaland reportedly refused to perform due to the lack of champagne he requested.
According to the NY Daily News, the promoter for the show, Mitchell Jaworski, did his best to fill the Empire producer's requests. Timbaland preferred Jay Z's Armand de Brignac and the club didn't have it in stock so they presented him with Ace of Spades and when they didn't work for him, they also gave him bottles of Dom Perignon.
"They had about 15 bottles of liquor and champagne, which is extremely excessive especially for a charity event," Jaworski told the Daily News. "They seemed more concerned about getting every drop of liquor."
Jaworski and his wife, Aureila Jaworski, paid Timbaland in advance for a 30-minute DJ set and a performance of five to eight songs. Neither one of those things took place. Instead, Timbaland reportedly stood on stage and bobbed his head at around 1 a.m.
"His management (took) classlessness to a new level when they said Timbaland did 'not feel like' performing," Jaworski stated. "They then insisted that we show them the signed contract for the night and where the stipulation was for the 'live' performance. Finally management relented and literally had to wake Timbaland up so he could proceed to stand behind the decks and nod his head for 30 minutes."
In a statement to Billboard, Timbaland's people denied this take on events, insisting that Timbaland was never supposed to perform a full-band set.
"Unfortunately, the statement made by the promoter in Detroit is simply not true," Timbaland's rep said. "Timbaland is an extremely generous person who agreed to a much lower fee for this event to raise money for the Flint, Michigan's water crisis. The promoter was fully aware that this was not a full band performance on stage, yet still promoted it as such. The club was still able to raise money for charity, which was our goal in doing this event all along."
The event ended up raising $3000 for the people of Flint.
