This Is Crazy: American Promoter & His Son Still Being Held In Angola 45 Days After Nas Failed To Show For Concert. Jemiah Jai Refuses To Return Money She Was Paid
In what seems like the plot to a Hollywood movie two Americans are still being held in Angola 45 days after being prevented from leaving following a failed New Year's Eve concert appearance by Nas.
As we previously reported, 51-year old Patrick Allocco, CEO of AllGood Concerts and his 22-year old son, also named Patrick have not been allowed to leave Angola until local promoter Henrique "Riquhino" Miguel is paid back the $315,000 he fronted for the failed concert plus an additional $75,000 in expenses.
Nas and Atlanta rapper Jemiah Jai were paid to perform on New Year's Eve in Angola's capital city of Luanda, but neither boarded a plane to the event.
The Allocco's were apprehended by Miguel's goon's when they tried to take a cab to the airport once they realized Nas, who was paid $300,000 wasn't coming.
Instead of taking them to the airport the taxi driver took them to a supermarket and told them he had someone to meet. Sensing something was wrong the younger Allocco told his dad they should leave according to a new story in the New York Post.
“Dad, this isn’t good,” the son whispered. “Let’s get out of here.”
By the time they hopped out of the cab and tried to get their luggage out of the trunk they were surrounded by 20 of Miguel's men armed with AK-47's.
One of the gunmen reportedly grabbed the younger Allocco and slammed his head on an SUV before shoving both men in the back of a vehicle being driven by Miguel.
“We are going to die,” Allocco’s son said.
The two were taken to a police station and interrogated in Portuguese, which neither of them speak.
“That they’re being held for something that somebody else did is preposterous,” said worried wife and mother Abby Allocco.
Nas has finally returned all of the $300,000 he was advanced, but Jemiah Jai refuses to repay the $15,000 she received.
In the meantime, the Allocco's passports are being held and their money is running out fast. They had $100,000, but $40,000 has been spent on phone calls to the U.S. and other money is being spent simply trying to survive. A hamburger costs $45.
At one point the son was taken by locals to celebrate his pending release, but instead they tied his arms and dragged him through the streets, asking if his dad would pay $10,000 for his release.
He was warned to never leave the hotel again by an employee because he was a target.
The father and son applied for refuge with the U.S. Embassy January 23, but were denied because they were not deemed to be in serious harm.
“We did not find, in this case, that Mr. Allocco met the criteria for refuge. However, we did bring [the son] into the Embassy temporarily,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. “My understanding is we gave him some clothes and some medicine, but we didn’t take him in for refuge."
The Angolan government has also refused to help, leaving these guys in a real bad space.
Alloco told the New York Post his beef is with Nas.
“He put us in real harm, in real possible danger,” Allocco said. “This is the closest thing we came to someone up and running with the money.”
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Comment by Coogie'YO,OnlyIfYouLanguishTruth on February 14, 2012 at 4:56am -
GET A CHEAPER HOTEL!!!
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Comment by Coogie'YO,OnlyIfYouLanguishTruth on February 14, 2012 at 4:54am
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These two need stop playing the blame game and let someone wire them 15k to get their asses overseas...It's a promise there will be no court case on this in Angola for awhile of a life time
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Comment by CML on February 14, 2012 at 4:15am -
So its with nas who already gave the money he was paid back but not with Jermiah Jai who refuses to give back any money.....wth really?
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Comment by billy bob on February 14, 2012 at 4:12am
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Ok so $1 u.s. Is $95 angolan kwanza so they had a little over $1,000 us so it makes sense that a burger is $45 but damn that burger is only like 40-50 cents N**** YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO EAT I MEAN YOU THE DUMBASS FOR WASTING SOOOOO MUCH MONEY MAKING PHONE CALLS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT HELPING YOUR A** WHEN DON'T YOU TELL WHO EVER IT IS YOU ARE CALLING TO GET A FRICKIN PHONE CARD FOR ANGOLA AND CALL YOU SIMPLE S*** IT WON'T COST YOU THIS STORY JUST ISN'T ADDING UP I MEAN S*** IF I WAS ONE OF THESE CELEBRITIES LIKE 50 I WOULD EASILY PAY THAT MONEY EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM S*** HELPS YOUR CAREER YOU STEPPED IN AND SAVED TWO WHITE PEOPLE THAT EQUALS PLATINUM IN ONE WEEK FOR YOUR NEXT ALBUM
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Comment by billy bob on February 14, 2012 at 3:55am
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When the said a hamburger is 45 dollars and they had 100k I think they meant 100k in angloian currency but yea isn't he suppose to be a big time Concert promoter I mean you don't have 15k u.s.? I mean you could have someone sell a car get a loan n**** idk but I find it hard to believe you can't get the 15k I think you can easily get the money but you feel like you shouldn't be responsible for paying well if that's the case you don't want to live I mean have your people pay the 15 and when they release you come back and sue the f*** out of this jemiah jai chick
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Comment by ozi on February 14, 2012 at 3:19am -
serves them right, they were trying to run away, then they would b in the states laughing while some Miguel would be in angola 300K poorer. dudes must pay up. by the way why whould they not be interrogated in Portuguese, if a china man gets arrested in the US does he get interrogated in Chinese?
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Comment by HD on February 14, 2012 at 2:35am -
am starting to believe this is a set up
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Comment by E on February 14, 2012 at 1:44am -
At least Nas payed his share back. That other b*tch most likely spent her 15 Gs already. Somebody needs to go kidnap her *ss so she could see how it feels...
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Comment by Ms.Unaware Book "UnAware" Coming on February 14, 2012 at 1:36am -
Something.....
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Comment by Big Reed1 on February 13, 2012 at 11:17pm
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Nas is broke. At least he gave the money back. @J your right, you never know whats gonna happen to him after this stunt.
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