Ne-Yo was awarded $700k in his lawsuit against R.Kelly. Last year, the R pulled out the diva stops and dropped Ne-Yo from their nation wide tour with no warning. Apparently R was jealous of Ne-Yo’s stardum and he didn’t want to share the flashing lights with him, but he let Keyshia Cole stay even though she was cuttin’ up with her own diva antics. Ne-Yo said he would sue the dude, especially since he’s now lost respect for him as a man, and that he did.



Because of some backstage machinations, Ne-Yo is a little bit richer.

The R&B star has scored a nice payday for being dumped from R. Kelly's road show last year. A Los Angeles judge has ordered Kelly's promoter to pony up $700,320 to the "Because of You" Grammy winner.

Ne-Yo went to court in December, alleging he was bounced from the Double Up tour because his opening set was getting better reaction from fans and critics than Kelly's. The bill also featured Keyshia Cole and J. Holiday.

Superior Court Judge Malcolm Mackey made his default judgment after Georgia-based Rowe Entertainment refused to respond to the lawsuit filed by Ne-Yo under his real name, Shaffer Smith.

Per his suit, Ne-Yo was supposed to earn $785,000 on the 25-date jaunt, but the 25-year-old performer was canned by Rowe after the second show on Nov. 15 and only received a fraction of the contracted amount.

At the time, the promoter blamed the dismissal on Ne-Yo's camp for not completing the proper paperwork.

There was no immediate comment from either Ne-Yo or Rowe on the judge's ruling. Kelly was not named as a defendant in the suit.

It's shaping up to be a big month for the rising star, whose third studio album, Year of the Gentleman, drops Sept. 16.

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Good for him!

I'm not a fan of Ne-Yo, but anything that gives a great big to R. Kelly is fine with me.

the NWO has decided to give Ne-Yo a special plaque for his contribution to the destruction of R. Kelly

bboy87 said:

Ifsixwuz9 said:

sure does