Alumni from Morehouse and Spelman Colleges fell victim to an alleged janky promoter and the alleged culprit?… Steve Harvey’s son-in-law!
Kareem “DJ BruckUp” Hawthrone and his T-12 Entertainment company is being accused of scamming alumni with $4,000 VIP packages that promised a night full of bottle popping while “partying with the sharks” on comfortable couches at Atlanta’s Georgia Aquarium.
Welp, what the alumni got instead were two drink vouchers and futons that came from IKEA. Party goers also claim that the venue was even too dark to see the underwater life they were promised.
Here’s what one roommate had to say:
“So… normally the party is at Compound… They decided to have it at the Aquarium this year with a theme called, “Party With The Sharks.” People bought sections ranging from $600- $1600 with extra bottles costing $270. We got there and were escorted to our sections with no bottles! But instead were given 2 drink tickets per person. A homie and his group spent $3250 and didn’t get any bottles either!On top of that we were seated on dam futons and there were no fish!!!
She goes on to say that music was horrible and wasn’t loud because it was being played off of a Beats speaker. “The DJ’s were trash. One was so mad at the party, he unplugged his laptop in the middle of the set and left! Leaving us with no music for 10 minutes. It was a glorified networking event. Then the other DJ’s were told to remove the bass from their sound systems because they were making the dolphins anxious.”
It is also alleged that Hawthrone left the party early just so he could celebrate with his stolen riches and friends. According to Bossip, Hawthorne took nearly $300k in profits to another club and popped all night with his T-12 crew.
Word is many of the party patrons are threatening to sue if Hawthrone doesn’t cough up the coins for reimbursement and as of right now it looks like he has no desire to do so. Our roommate also said that he reimbursed her for the $100 security deposit for the table but still hasn’t gotten any word back on anything else.
Well DJ Bruckup took to his Instagram to explain his side and says he has already refunded thousands of dollars
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMUhZ-IDJeo/?taken-by=djbruckup&hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMUlrFgjPYj/?taken-by=djbruckup&hl=en
As for now partygoers are still taking their frustrations out on Twitter and its pretty funny:
#aquagate promoters pic.twitter.com/p0gZmrEfBy
— No Relation, Esq. (@TheCosby) October 31, 2016
No henny? No sharks? No suitable sections? No quality dj? #AquaGate pic.twitter.com/KZScApKGOE
— △⃒⃘ piccashoe (@__kissmy_ASH) October 31, 2016
Lmaoo RT @OctobersOwnTae: "Fish? Bottles?.." #aquagate pic.twitter.com/romml8fpiH
— Shelby & Dolly (@soulfauxreal) October 31, 2016
Kareem and the whole T12 counting y'all money right now #AquaGate pic.twitter.com/KdwVCMWsUE
— G00D J0B NISH 🍍 (@ms__nish) October 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/FreshAir_In/status/793168883830095872
We will definitely keep you posted on this because this is a flaming hot mess !
Source: http://bossip.com/1371943/aquagate-how-steve-harveys-son-in-law-finessed-spelhouse-out-of-300000/3/
