"seriously, does he expect people to wait for him to drop and not listen to anything that's out right now? how does he expect to have fans? IT'S NOT 2003 ANYMORE"
Ryan Leslie Gets Emotional Onstage While Talking About $1Million Reward He Was Ordered To Pay For Return Of Stolen Laptop [Video]
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As we previously reported, Ryan Leslie was ordered to pay a $1 million reward to a man who returned his laptop that was stolen in Germany in 2010. Ryan had offered the reward hoping to get back songs he had been working on for his Les Is More album as well as collaborations he had been working on for Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch the Throne album.
When the laptop was returned Ryan says all the music he had been working was lost because he couldn't access the hard drive.
Last night the singer/producer/rapper got emotional while talking about the incident to the crowd at the Long Island University homecoming concert. Check out what he had to say below.
"As you may or may not know - in 2010, somebody stole all my music from me out the back of a black Mercedes-Benz when I was in Cologne, Germany. Initially I put a reward of $20,000 if they'd just give my backpack back - and when it never returned, I upped the reward to $1MM because that music was absolutely everything to me, it was everything, it was my life, it was everything, I upped it to $1MM.
Eventually, somebody did actually return my backpack to me - and when I plugged in that hard drive to access everything that I had lost, the music just wasn't there. The hard drive wouldn't mount. I couldn't access anything - and a year later, that same gentleman (I don't know if it's because he misunderstood what the million dollars was for) ... he filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in New York City, demanding that I pay $1MM for music that I never got back.
And yesterday (and the reason why I'm on the front page of the news today) everyone thought I was just a cheapskate or something like that - a jury of my peers, 8 people, they looked me in my face and told me I had to pay this man $1MM for music I never got back.
And so I woke up today to get me some orange juice, man, and the lady who works at the deli was like 'aw man - you're the guy on the front page of the paper today!' and I looked at the headline. It said 'Rap Weasel...'
Yo - hahahaa, that's like my twin brother - somebody said 'Swizzy!'
So listen, man - music always comes from a place of inspiration and I gotta tell ya'll - never have I been more inspired than when I lost everything then to try to make the most incredible album I could possibly make and for the last two years I invested every single penny, every dollar I had, to make the most incredible artistic offering I possibly could and on October 22nd it came out. It's my album. It's called 'Les Is More.'
And despite what the jury said, that million dollar reward is still out there for anybody who can return all my compositions to me. That's why I never took the video off of YouTube. I never got anything back, but luckily God blessed me with talent and I could make some of the music over again, you know what I'm saying?
So I appreciate each and everyone of y'all for your support tonight and for the future 'cause we gonna keep making this music and we gonna try to work something out with my man over in Germany - maybe he misunderstood - but this is a record off that album."
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Comment by Jon on December 3, 2012 at 12:09pm -
He offered $1M for the laptop. He should have offered $1M for the music. Pay up sucker!
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Comment by HottRoundz on December 2, 2012 at 12:11pm
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1Thug - he offered 20k and they didn't return it...so I doubt 10k would do the trick
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Comment by juiceville on December 2, 2012 at 9:59am -
LOL
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Comment by Antony on December 2, 2012 at 8:09am -
Thats f***** up thou keep ya head up R.L
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Comment by MR TOP NOTCH on December 2, 2012 at 5:36am -
yall a bunch of dickheads he right f** dis guys money 1 mill for some broke stolen s*** is fukked up
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Comment by TheHumanOrchestra on December 2, 2012 at 2:32am
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Man go f*** yourself leslie, it's your own damn fault for not having any backups and forgetting your laptop. LMAO at "stolen" punk m*********** was too drunk and forgot that s***.
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Comment by 1THUG aka YOU WET THA BED!! on December 1, 2012 at 11:04pm -
they gave dat negga tha labtop and backpack for one mill...and they gon juice another mill out tha negga for his hard drive contents!! they got all dat negga downloaded tranny porns wit DISCONTINUES pops in it is why he was so concerned on retrieval of his labtop!!
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Comment by 1THUG aka YOU WET THA BED!! on December 1, 2012 at 11:02pm
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negga got to bold...he coulda juss said a SUBSTANTIAL reward for returnin my shet!! he shoulda been real vague and then he coulda juss paid 5 stacks...but as soon as you open ya mouf, thazz when you get tha hook! nuthin in that backpack was worth 1 mill, unless he had nekked pittures and flicks evidence of his homo-sensual behaviors in there!! shoulda juss said i will pay 10K and neggaz woulda returnt his shet...
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Comment by jBrizzle on December 1, 2012 at 10:45pm -
he should of been paid when the backpack and contents were returned!
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Comment by CallME FiFDaDragon CuzIspit Fire on December 1, 2012 at 9:36pm -
Sorta dumb when you offer a reward for lost contents you get then back however the person gives them back (unless you specify, reward for contents in such and such condition in this case how is someone supposed to verify ur musics on there clown?) Sorta like when you lose a dog you cant say (reward for a black German Shepard must be in happy condition as before or you don't get the reward)
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