'I respect you guys too much to take the money and run': Jay Z calls off Nebraska concert amid production issues
Jay Z nixed an upcoming concert due to technical difficulties.
On Friday, the 47-year-old rapper announced he was cancelling an upcoming stop on his 4:44 tour that he had slated for next week.
He released a statement via Omaha World-Herald that explained why he won't be plying his trade at Lincoln, Nebraska's Pinnacle Bank Arena on December 6.
The message read, 'A note from Jay-Z: Due to the scale of this production, we cannot get the screens up on time into the building in Nebraska.
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![Mr. Perfect: Jay-Z, 47, canceled a concert at Lincoln, Nebraska's Pinnacle Bank Arena on December 6, claiming he couldn't 'get the screens up on time' to do the show properly](http://web.archive.org./web/20190514002423/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/27/06/46BABE4B00000578-0-image-a-112_1511764452094.jpg)
Mr. Perfect: Jay-Z, 47, canceled a concert at Lincoln, Nebraska's Pinnacle Bank Arena on December 6, claiming he couldn't 'get the screens up on time' to do the show properly
'The tour is too important to me to do it halfway. Same with Fresno,' he said, referencing a show he nixed earlier this month.
The 99 Problems hit-maker made clear that he was exercising a measure of quality control in putting the kibosh on the show in the Cornhusker State.
He wrapped up in saying, 'I respect you guys too much to take the money and run,' signing the statement with his alternative name, 'Hov.'
The Grammy-winner in October called off a show that was slated for November 1 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California, with the Fresno Bee reporting that sales had been sluggish for the event, even with some available as cheap as $6 via Stubhub.com.
![Laying it out there: The rap icon issued a brief statement detailing the cancellation](http://web.archive.org./web/20190514002423/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/27/06/46BABEAC00000578-0-image-a-118_1511764525223.jpg)
Laying it out there: The rap icon issued a brief statement detailing the cancellation
![Superstar: The entertainer took to the stage in Miami earlier this month](http://web.archive.org./web/20190514002423/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/27/06/46BABE5A00000578-0-image-a-113_1511764463618.jpg)
Superstar: The entertainer took to the stage in Miami earlier this month
![Double trouble: Jay-Z had previously nixed a show last month in Fresno, California](http://web.archive.org./web/20190514002423/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/27/06/46ABE56B00000578-0-image-a-114_1511764476077.jpg)
Double trouble: Jay-Z had previously nixed a show last month in Fresno, California
Last month, TMZ reported that Jay-Z was taking a gander at relieving disgraced film director Harvey Weinstein of his 23 percent interest in The Weinstein Company, with backing from a film producer and billionaire.
However, insiders subsequently told FOX Business that there was no chance of that happening.
The Hard Knock Life artist and Weinstein - accused by at least 80 women of sexual harassment or abuse over the past three decades - had past worked together on last year's The Kalief Browder Story.
They had also been working on on Suspicion Nation, an adaptation about the case surrounding slain teen Trayvon Martin, based on the book by Lisa Bloom.
![Out of business: Jay-Z had been working with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein on a miniseries. The two were pictured in NYC this past March](http://web.archive.org./web/20190514002423/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/27/06/46BABEA600000578-0-image-m-116_1511764494167.jpg)
Out of business: Jay-Z had been working with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein on a miniseries. The two were pictured in NYC this past March
![Don't bring my name into it: Weinstein misquoted a Jay-Z lyric in his unsuccessful gambit to get a pass after the initial revelations came. The two were snapped in Utah in January](http://web.archive.org./web/20190514002423/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/27/06/46BABE7500000578-0-image-a-117_1511764508246.jpg)
Don't bring my name into it: Weinstein misquoted a Jay-Z lyric in his unsuccessful gambit to get a pass after the initial revelations came. The two were snapped in Utah in January
(Bloom, who initially represented the disgraced mogul until dozens of women emerged with similar allegations of misconduct, has since said she's 'mortified [to have been] connected to him in any way' in an appearance on The View earlier this month.)
Upon the New York Times' blockbuster report, Weinstein issued a statement in which he misquoted a Jay-Z lyric in a failed gambit to get a 'second chance in the community.'
He wrote: 'JAY-Z wrote in 4:44, "I’m not the man I thought I was and I better be that man for my children." The same is true for me.'
The actual lyric was, 'And if my children knew/ I don’t even know what I would do/ If they ain’t look at me the same/ I would probably die with all the shame.'
Weinstein's rep has repeatedly said that 'any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied by' the producer.
- Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades - The New York Times
- Jay-Z is not buying Harvey Weinstein's stake in film studio | Fox Business
- Jay-Z Talking About Buying Harvey Weinstein's Interest in The Weinstein Company | TMZ.com
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- Jay-Z cancels Lincoln show due to technical difficulties; 'I respect you guys too much' | Music | omaha.com
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