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Thread started 02/07/17 9:35am

laytonian

Houston 10-year Prince anniversary turned into a scam

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They sold tickets based on performers who hadn't even been signed.
Venue owned by Beyonce's father.
http://m.chron.com/entert...914186.php
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Reply #1 posted 02/07/17 9:50am

purplethunder3
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Image result for prince shade gif

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https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #2 posted 02/07/17 9:57am

rogifan

Wow and this was something PRNFamily promoted on their Twitter account...

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Reply #3 posted 02/07/17 10:07am

RodeoSchro

Most of the Prince fans here (Houston) that I know passed on this. The details were too sketchy. I didn't see any promotion for the NPG anywhere except from rumors on some local friends' Facebook accounts, so hopefully no one got hustled.

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Reply #4 posted 02/07/17 12:03pm

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laytonian said:

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They sold tickets based on performers who hadn't even been signed.
Venue owned by Beyonce's father.
http://m.chron.com/entert...914186.php

-/This type of stuff is going to continue to happen as long as the estate is asleep at the wheel they are using his name and likeness both of which have been trademarked.
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Reply #5 posted 02/07/17 12:15pm

laytonian

RodeoSchro said:

Most of the Prince fans here (Houston) that I know passed on this. The details were too sketchy. I didn't see any promotion for the NPG anywhere except from rumors on some local friends' Facebook accounts, so hopefully no one got hustled.



As soon as I saw the sloppiness of that poster (they misspelled Prince's name!), I knew this wasn't being promoted by a serious organization.
The only mystery is: how involved was the family and which ones?
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Reply #6 posted 02/07/17 12:22pm

laytonian

laurarichardson said:

laytonian said:

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They sold tickets based on performers who hadn't even been signed.
Venue owned by Beyonce's father.
http://m.chron.com/entert...914186.php

-/This type of stuff is going to continue to happen as long as the estate is asleep at the wheel they are using his name and likeness both of which have been trademarked.


Trademark and copyright infringement issues are what Universal/Bravado are there for -- and maybe they did step in? All it would take is one phone call.
https://www.google.com/am...-sprint-us
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Reply #7 posted 02/07/17 12:47pm

rogifan

laytonian said:

RodeoSchro said:

Most of the Prince fans here (Houston) that I know passed on this. The details were too sketchy. I didn't see any promotion for the NPG anywhere except from rumors on some local friends' Facebook accounts, so hopefully no one got hustled.



As soon as I saw the sloppiness of that poster (they misspelled Prince's name!), I knew this wasn't being promoted by a serious organization.
The only mystery is: how involved was the family and which ones?

The PRNFamily website is apparently owned by Omarr. He was also in Houston to receive a Prince 10th anniversary super bowl proclamation from the state of Texas.

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Reply #8 posted 02/07/17 1:13pm

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laytonian said:

laurarichardson said:


-/This type of stuff is going to continue to happen as long as the estate is asleep at the wheel they are using his name and likeness both of which have been trademarked.


Trademark and copyright infringement issues are what Universal/Bravado are there for -- and maybe they did step in? All it would take is one phone call.
https://www.google.com/am...-sprint-us


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Reply #9 posted 02/07/17 1:14pm

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rogifan said:

laytonian said:



As soon as I saw the sloppiness of that poster (they misspelled Prince's name!), I knew this wasn't being promoted by a serious organization.
The only mystery is: how involved was the family and which ones?

The PRNFamily website is apparently owned by Omarr. He was also in Houston to receive a Prince 10th anniversary super bowl proclamation from the state of Texas.

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Does not mean the family was behind it and if so they may have been scammed.
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Reply #10 posted 02/07/17 2:09pm

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"Many of Price's friends" lol lol

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Reply #11 posted 02/07/17 4:28pm

rogifan

laurarichardson said:

rogifan said:


The PRNFamily website is apparently owned by Omarr. He was also in Houston to receive a Prince 10th anniversary super bowl proclamation from the state of Texas.

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Does not mean the family was behind it and if so they may have been scammed.

No but it does suggest to me that the family is clueless. They tweeted out that promotional poster. Perhaps they should have made sure it was legit before they did so? The spelling error should have clued them in.
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Reply #12 posted 02/07/17 5:32pm

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rogifan said:

laurarichardson said:
Does not mean the family was behind it and if so they may have been scammed.
No but it does suggest to me that the family is clueless. They tweeted out that promotional poster. Perhaps they should have made sure it was legit before they did so? The spelling error should have clued them in.

A spelling error is just that a spelling error nothing more nothing less. It sounds like the promoter Matthew used for this duped everyone as this was going to be at Mr. Knowles venue.

If the sky fell tommorow trust me it would not be the fault of the Nelson family.

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Reply #13 posted 02/07/17 5:53pm

endiadj

Sorry but misspelling the person's name you are honoring is a no no. Completely unprofessional and shows you don't really give a damn.
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Reply #14 posted 02/07/17 6:34pm

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endiadj said:

Sorry but misspelling the person's name you are honoring is a no no. Completely unprofessional and shows you don't really give a damn.

yeahthat just keep following the $....not shocking that there is a Beyoncé tie to that.
No good all around. Wonder if LM was involved too?
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Reply #15 posted 02/07/17 11:33pm

Latin

The New Power Generation has posted the following on Facebook:

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Reply #16 posted 02/08/17 12:54am

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endiadj said:

Sorry but misspelling the person's name you are honoring is a no no. Completely unprofessional and shows you don't really give a damn.

--It's unprofessional but it has nothing to do with the promoter screwing up with payment to the performances.
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Reply #17 posted 02/08/17 9:14am

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PurpleDiamonds1 said:

endiadj said:
Sorry but misspelling the person's name you are honoring is a no no. Completely unprofessional and shows you don't really give a damn.
yeahthat just keep following the $....not shocking that there is a Beyoncé tie to that. No good all around. Wonder if LM was involved too? [Edited 2/7/17 21:42pm]

yeahthat

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Reply #18 posted 02/08/17 9:26am

endiadj

laurarichardson said:

endiadj said:

Sorry but misspelling the person's name you are honoring is a no no. Completely unprofessional and shows you don't really give a damn.

--It's unprofessional but it has nothing to do with the promoter screwing up with payment to the performances.

That is the point. When they can't even bother to be professional enough to spell the honoree's name right, (the most basic of things) why expect professionalism anywhere else? It was a sign of things to come.
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