A basketball tournament scheduled to be held at a New Jersey high school was canceled after a controversial promotional video was posted online and seen by school officials.
The basketball tournament is said to be a celebrity tryout and was reportedly being described as a regional basketball tournament until a promotional video for the event was posted on Facebook.
A preview image for the video was captioned “NBA Baddies Celebrity Basketball Tournament,” followed by “Nuttin Butt Azz” and the event date in July 2024.
of video The show shows organizer Big Fendi dressed as a referee in a high school gym, before showing a succession of women dancing and jumping around in thongs and other revealing clothing.
The video also revealed that the top four teams in the tournament will receive a $10,000 prize.
Ann Event page According to information still available on Eventbrite, the tournament was scheduled to take place at Westside High School in Newark, New Jersey. Tickets ranged in price from $50 to $500 for floor seats. Big Fendi is also planning other events, including a yacht party in New York and a pool party in New Jersey.
“This was supposed to be a community basketball event.”
Big Fendi later apologized to the city, the high school principal and Newark City Councilman Dupre Kelly, who reportedly helped secure the venue.
“We were doing the event and then things got a little crazy and out of control and I take full responsibility for that because you guys had no idea what the girls were going to wear for this Celebrity Game,” organisers said on Instagram. video.
“I want to apologise to parents, students and everyone involved for the impact this has had. I am truly sorry,” he added.
Big Fendi is a music manager, widely known for discovering rapper Nicki Minaj. Senator Kerry He is a former rapper himself and is part of a successful group. King of the Underworld From the 1990s to the 2000s.
“The propaganda video that was filmed is absolutely egregious and was not authorized by Newark Public Schools or the West Ward Alderman’s office,” the councilman was quoted as saying.
Kelly added that the district “would never permit the filming of this type of content” at any of its schools.
according to NJ.comSchool officials said they thought the tournament was just for local residents and knew nothing about the promotional video, which couldn’t be viewed at work.
Newark Public Schools spokeswoman Nancy Deering said the video of the event was not approved by the school district and expressed confusion about the actual content of the tournament.
“No school or district officials were aware of the existence of the video until it was posted on social media,” Deering was reported as saying. “This was supposed to be a community basketball event hosted by Councilman Kelly. No school or district officials approved the activities depicted in the video or had any knowledge that such activities would be included in an event at our school.”
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