Jay-Z's all star tour

Wow, this is hot. Jay Z ditched R. Kelly, and got some wicked tourmates:

Jay-Z recruits friends
04/11/2004 07:22 - (SA)

Los Angeles - Jay-Z has recruited several friends to replace R Kelly who was fired from their joint Best Of Both Worlds US tour.

Guest star P Diddy joined Jay-Z at his New York show along with Mary J Blige. Both are expected to join him on shows through to November 12.

Also joining Jay-Z at the concert were Snoop Dogg, Pharell Williams, Slick Rick, Professor Griff, Foxy Brown, Kanye West, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes.

Reports have men in the crowd at R. Kelly's last appearance pointing guns at him the whole time he was on stage. Hova? That you?

Several shows were canceled in recent weeks and reports surfaced that Kelly and Jay weren't on speaking terms. Roughly an hour into the show, Kells reported that two men in the audience were waving guns at him. The singer then interrupted the show while the Garden's security searched the venue for weapons. Once the place was declared secure, Kelly and two of his bodyguards were allegedly pepper-sprayed by one of Jiggaman's friends as they were returning to the stage.

Yikes.