KANSAS CITY, MO -
The fallout from the DJ Jazzy Jeff versus the Power and Light District Dispute took another bizarre turn on Tuesday, as a third and more controversial version of events has come forward about the abbreviated show from the hip hop star last weekend.
Jazzy Jeff first claimed that the Power and Light District told him they didn't want him playing rap music. Then officials with the Power and Light District said it was a question of volume and not content. But now a community activist has told FOX 4 that there may be another explanation.
"The type of hip-hop they play is Disneyland hip-hop," said Yancy Davis. "It's not vulgar, it's not graphic."
Davis says that he was as surprised as anybody that the show last Saturday ended so strangely, and the community activist says she received a text message from a Cordish Company executive on Sunday afternoon that offered an entirely different reason that the show ended early.
"The issue was not Jazzy Jeff, it was his MC, who made some very vulgar comments," read the text message from Zed Smith. "And gestures to women in the audience."
Shortly afterward, Smith left a voicemail with Davis that went into more graphic detail.
"Just one comment, just in general: I don't think we want anyone in the Power and Light District that tells young ladies--or requests young ladies--to get on their knees..." said Smith, who continued with further, and unprintable, details.
Smith told FOX 4 by phone on Tuesday that he had made a mistake, and had spoke before he had all of the information. The Cordish Company manages the Power and Light District.
Davis has had previous run-ins with Cordish over the district's controversial dress-code policy.
Jon Stephens, president of the Power and Light District, has never wavered in his explanation for the dust-up. He has said since Sunday that DJ Jazzy Jeff's audio was just too loud for the district's sound system to handle.
"They were asked, on four different occasions, to turn down the audio before he chose to leave the stage," said Stephens.
On Tuesday, FOX 4 saw engineers fixing the speakers, and showing tiny, twisted bands of copper that they say were damaged from the loud show on Saturday night.
Stephens says that the Power and Light District has reached out to Jeff's management about returning to Kansas City, but there has not yet been any reply.
Jazzy Jeff first claimed that the Power and Light District told him they didn't want him playing rap music. Then officials with the Power and Light District said it was a question of volume and not content. But now a community activist has told FOX 4 that there may be another explanation.
"The type of hip-hop they play is Disneyland hip-hop," said Yancy Davis. "It's not vulgar, it's not graphic."
Davis says that he was as surprised as anybody that the show last Saturday ended so strangely, and the community activist says she received a text message from a Cordish Company executive on Sunday afternoon that offered an entirely different reason that the show ended early.
"The issue was not Jazzy Jeff, it was his MC, who made some very vulgar comments," read the text message from Zed Smith. "And gestures to women in the audience."
Shortly afterward, Smith left a voicemail with Davis that went into more graphic detail.
"Just one comment, just in general: I don't think we want anyone in the Power and Light District that tells young ladies--or requests young ladies--to get on their knees..." said Smith, who continued with further, and unprintable, details.
Smith told FOX 4 by phone on Tuesday that he had made a mistake, and had spoke before he had all of the information. The Cordish Company manages the Power and Light District.
Davis has had previous run-ins with Cordish over the district's controversial dress-code policy.
Jon Stephens, president of the Power and Light District, has never wavered in his explanation for the dust-up. He has said since Sunday that DJ Jazzy Jeff's audio was just too loud for the district's sound system to handle.
"They were asked, on four different occasions, to turn down the audio before he chose to leave the stage," said Stephens.
On Tuesday, FOX 4 saw engineers fixing the speakers, and showing tiny, twisted bands of copper that they say were damaged from the loud show on Saturday night.
Stephens says that the Power and Light District has reached out to Jeff's management about returning to Kansas City, but there has not yet been any reply.
